ARTICDACTYLA (EVQJ-TOH) UNGULATES) 



FAMILY SUIDAE 



PHACOCHOHIUS AETHIOPICUS BUFO Heller, 191A. Sudan Warthog. 



A warthog at Lugurren was infested by a female H. truncatiim , 

 fifteen adiilt R. s. simus , and a male R. simus Senegal ensis . 'K£ 

 Sunat, 25 adiilts of R. simus senegalen'sis were taken from one host 

 and at Kheirallah seven adults of the same tick were found on a 

 warthog. Several warthogs in Torit District were tininfested. 



SUS aCROFA SMNAARMSIS Gray, 1868. Sudan Wild Boar. 



Two wild boars near Torit were infested by a few adults of 

 H. trxincatum , R. pravus , and R. s. simus . 



FAMILY HIPPOPCfTAMIDAE 



HIFFOPOTAMUS AMPHIBIUS AMPHIBIUS Linnaeus, 1758. Hippopotamus. 



Two hippos shot at Nimule in May and October (rainy season) 

 each had a pair of adult R.J. simus attached to the ears. 



FAMILY GIRAFFIDAE 



GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS SUBSP. Nubian Giraffe. 



Scattered giraffe populations occur from the Nile eastward 

 at least to Kapoeta but no specimens were obtained for the present 

 stiidy. A comparatively large ainount of significant data on in- 

 festation of giraffes is presented \ander Bahr EL Ghazal Province. 



FAMILY BOVIDAE 



SYNGHIUS CAFFHt AEQUINOCTIALIS (Blyth, 1866) . Northeastern Buffalo 



Bviffalos are comnon from Yei District eastwards and are aL- 

 most invariably infested by ticks all of which (in the present 

 collection) are adults. The buffalo amblyomma, A. cohaerens , 

 however, is represented by only a single collection of 34 males 



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