HARES were seldom collected. Seven adult R. s. sanguineus 

 specimens from one host are represented. 



GROIM) SQUIRRELS, Euxerus erythropus subsp., are common in 

 the Forest. Five squirrels obtained in February yielded twelve 

 males, six females, and four nymphs of H. houyi. 



Small MURID RCDENTS have not been collected and searched in 

 this Province. Twelve male and six female H. leachii muhsami. 

 were found on a small rodent burrowing in a termite mound. 



CME RATS (THRYONa/KIDAE) are not known to be infested by 

 R. simpsoni in this Province but an unusual record of two male 

 I s. simus from a cane rat at Yirol was obtained by Mr. Reid, 

 who"al^3~T3und a nymph of A. variegatum on a cane rat 37 miles 

 west of Yirol. 



CARNIVCRES have received considerably less attention than 

 antelopes, buffalos, giraffes, and warthogs in this P^°^^^^^; 

 TblacClegged nKjngoose in the Forest (May) was infested by six- 

 teen ad^ltH. leacMi muhsami , another at Yirol (January) by only 

 a sJngle m^e ^TtHIi ^^^^Hi. A leopard 36 miles south of Yirol 

 bore two males of the same tick as well as a male and three fe- 

 males of R. sulcatus. Another mongoose in the Forest "as in- 

 fested by~ad\ilts of "R. s. simus , a tick also represented by a 

 single male from a h^enl, 7^^ adults from a 1^°?^^^' ^^!^^. 

 male from a lion. A hyena at Yirol yielded a male H. 1. leachii 

 SS seven adult R. s. ^^. It is of some interest tT^at no spec. 

 imens of R. s. sanguineus were recovered from carnivores. 



ELEPHANTS in this Province appear to be outside the geo- 

 graphic range of their usual parasites, A. tholloni jnd D. c. 

 Srcumguttatus. Small to moderately large numbers of R. |- 

 simrSa K. s imus senenalensis infested every elephazil examned 

 Trle^ouIhe^gtg? n spu^ of thi s Province (i-^f -S^-J-/" 

 the Upper Nile Province border). In the case of R. s. simu|, 

 hnth sexes were taken on elephants during each season of the 

 veaS S Chorley, who shot several elephants in the western 

 paS'of^he Province, stated that no ticks infested these animals. 



No specimens of RHraOCEROS were examned but seven male and 

 six r!lirS' ^hinocerinus on grass from two localities near Yirol 

 suggesftMi tick's infest ation of those animals that do occur. 



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