Wild mammals ; Insectivores ; Hedgehog (Wilson 1950B, Sudaji 

 record above ^. Madagascar tenrec (Hoogstraal 1953E). Carnivores ; 

 Jackal (Neumajm 1902B, Lewis 193^, Matthysse 1954-, Sudan records 

 above). Cheetah (Wilson 1950B). Long-eared fox, Otocyon megalotis 

 (Lewis 193^). Spotted hyena aJid mongoose (Sudan records above). 

 Lagomorphs ; Hares (Wilson 1950B, Matthysse 1954.> Sudan record 

 abovej. Rodents ; Cane rat (Wilson 1950B, Bahr El Ghazal record 

 above). Ground squirrel (Sudan record above). Antelopes ; Harte- 

 beest, Thomson's gazelle, klipspringer (Lewis 1934-J . Western 

 defassa waterbuck (Tendeiro 1947). Waterbuck in Uganda and 

 '"forest antelope'* from Rio Muni (HH collection). Oribi (Hoogstraal 

 195AC, Sudan record above). Sudan records are from Bright's gazelle, 

 Roosevelt's duikerbok. Smith's long-snouted dikdik, oribi, common 

 eland, Roosevelt's hartebeest, tiajig, and buffalo. Nymphs are 

 especially numerous on tiang in Bahr El Ghazal Province during 

 the dry season. In Northern Rhodesia, Matthysse (1954) found 

 all stages on zebras. 



Wild birds ; Coucals, various (Theiler, unpublished. Hoogstraal 

 1953e7T Ground hornbill, Bucorvus abyssinicus (Warburton 1927). 

 Raven (Hoogstraal 1954C). Spurfowl (Pternistis sp. or Francolinus 

 sp. ) (Lewis 1934, various Sudan records abovej . Long-legged bus- 

 tard and hooded vulture (Theiler, unpublished). Guinea fowl 

 (Lewis 1934 and Sudan records above). Abdim's stork, lesser bus- 

 tards, tchagra shrike (Sudan records above). An undetermined 

 passerine bird (arveola ) (Tendeiro 1952C). For domestic birds, 

 see Domestic animals above. 



Reptiles ; Chameleon in Madagascar (Hoogstra^ 1953E). 



Larval Hosts 



Man has been listed as a larval host by Wilson (1950B). Larvae 

 commonly attack man at the beginning of the dry season in Upper 

 Guinea, French West Africa (Joyeux 1915). In Gameroons they are 

 serious pests of man (Rageau 1953B) and attach on the legs and 

 about the belt. Ziemann's (1912B) mention of being badly bitten 

 by tick larvae in the Cameroons may refer to this species. Ac- 

 cording to De I-Ieza (1918A), in Nyasaland larvae are serious pests 

 of people working about cattle. Larvae just visible to the eye 

 burrow under the skin of hiiman legs and cause severe irritation 

 that may be associated with rash eind pus if the ticks are numerous. 



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