in a village tree and above a community watering hole, respect- 

 ively. The rock hyrax, Heterohyrax brucei hoogstraali , occupied 

 a ledge a few dozen yards above a group of hillside huts. 



A significant observation of all stages of the kennel tick 

 feeding on Eirropean rabbits, Oryctolagus cuniculus , in a forest 

 near Casablanca has been reported by Blanc and Bruneau (1954)- 

 In the Yemen, tremendous infestations, representing varying pro- 

 portiorxo of all stages, were found on all hares examined (Sanborn 

 and Hoogstraal 1953; Hoogstraal, ms.). In Egypt the same is true 

 of hares, some two hundred of which have been examined. Equatoria 

 Province records sh^w numerous adults on hares and grass rabbits 

 (or grass hares, Poelagus ), and in Bahr El Ghazal Province all 

 stages were taken from the several specimens of hares. Indeed, 

 it appears that in both the Ethiopian and Palearctic Faunal Re^ 

 gions of Africa and Arabia, lagomorphs may be exceedingly imu 

 portant as secondary hosts or possibly even as primary hosts of 

 all stages of the kennel tick. Yet, there is no evidence avail- 

 able to indicate that domestic rabbits kept in hutches are 

 seriously infested by this parasite, althoiigh as a rule merely 

 housing any animal seems to be an important factor leading to 

 its being attacked by this parasite. European rabbits, an in- 

 tegral part of every Bedouin tenthold in Egypt, are usually 

 infested. These rabbits, which seldom venture far from their 

 owners* tents, are carried from place to place in a bag on the 

 side of a camel when Bedouins move in search of pasturage. Out- 

 side of Africa, hares have been found infested by notable niimbers 

 of this tick in Anatolia (Hoogstraal, ms.). 



Without going into detail, a survey of field data Indicates 

 that hedgehogs ma^'- play a role in supporting this tick second 

 only to that of lagomorphs. These spiny insectivores are com- 

 monly though seldom heavily infested. 



In Egypt, most kinds of desert rodents are occasionally 

 infested by larvae and nymphs, as are also grass rats, Arvi- 

 canthis n. niloticus , in cultivated areas. These data are too 

 voluminous and complex to evaluate in the present study. It 

 is, however, apparent that in field situations the life history 

 differs from that of urban populations. 



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