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MUS VELUTINUS Balser, 1905. 

 INSECTA: 



dasyuri Skuse: Stephanocircus. External. 

 hercules Roth.: Macropsylla. External. 

 simpsoni Rothschild: Stephanocircus. External. 

 simsoni. [See simpsoni.] > 



MUS in the sense of "rats." 



The following parasites are reported either from "rats " or from " Mus" in the sense 

 of "rats:" 

 PROTOZOA: 



brucei: Trypanosoma, Trypanozoon. Blood. 



dimorphon: Trypanosoma, Trypanozoon. Blood. 



equiperdum: Trypanosoma, Trypanozoon. Blood. 



evansi: Trypanosoma, Trypanozoon. Blood. 



evansii: Trypanosoma. [See evansi.] 



gambiense: Trypanosoma, Trypanozoon. Blood, artificial infection. 



intestinale R. Blanchard, 1885: Megastoma. Intestine. [See muris.] 



muris Grassi: Amoeba. 

 CESTODA: 



fasciolaris: Cysticercus. 

 NEMATODA: 



hepaticum Railliet, 1889: Trichosoma. Liver. 



hepaticus: Trichocephalus. 



species Davaine: Filaria. Blood. 

 GORDIACEA: 



Gordius. By error Cerruti & Camerano (1888b, 6) have interpreted a title by 



Leidy (1879) as meaning that he found Gordius in a rat. 

 ARACHNOIDEA: 



sanguineus Latreille: Rhipicephalus. External. 

 INSECTA: 



capitis Nitzsch: Pediculus. External. 



canis Curtis: Ctenocephalus. External. 



prxdsus: Hsematopinus. External. 



MUS species. 



Under various " Mus sp." entries, the following parasites are reported: 

 PROTOZOA: 



gambiense: Trypanosoma. Blood, artificial injection. 

 INSECTA: 



aganippes Roth.: Ctenopsylla. External. 



agyrtes Heller: Typhlopsylla. External. 



colossus Roth.: Pygiopsylla. External. 



ellobius Roth.: Ctenopsylla. External. 



hercules Roth.: Macropsylla. External. 



miacantha: Polyplax. Hair. 



pinnatus Wagn.: Ceratophyllus. External. 



prsecisus Neum., 1902: Hsematopinus. External. 



WATER BAT. 



[See also Mus amphibius.] 

 CESTODA: 



longicollis: Cysticercus. Axillary space. 

 INSECTA: 



spiniger Burm., 1838: Hsematopinus. 



