WORM INCIDENCE 
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TABLE . — Infection of animals by major groups of helminths — cont. 
Hosts. 
No. 
No. 
Acantho- 
Nema- 
Trema- 
Cestoda 
examined. 
infected. 
cephala. 
toda. 
toda. 
R. exulans — 
Wasteland 
17 
3 
2 
2 
0 
1 
^(Borneo) 
22 
7 
0 
6 
0 
2 
R. miilleri ... 
35 
19 
1 
18 
0 
3 
R. bower si ... 
12 
6 
0 
5 
0 
1 
R. sabanus ... 
77 
70 
1 
58 
13 
54 
R. zvhiteheadi 
19 
10 
0 
7 
1 
3 
R. rajah 
17 
8 
0 
7 
1 
5 
*R. alticola ... 
4 
2 
0 
1 
0 
2 
*R. infraluteus 
2 
2 
0 
1 
1 
2 
Insectivores 
Crocidura sp. 
2 
1 
0 
0 
0 
1 
*Hylomys suillus 
4 
2 
0 
2 
0 
0 
Echinosorex gymnurus 
2 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Others 
Sus scrofa 
3 
2 
0 
2 
0 
1 
T ragulus kanchil 
2 
1 
0 
1 
0 
0 
Felis bengalensis 
5 
5 
1 
3 
0 
3 
*Heliciis orientalis ... 
2 
1 
0 
0 
0 
1 
Manis javanicus 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Ground birds 
2 
1 
0 
1 
0 
0 
Skinks 
1 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Snakes 
10 
8 
0 
8 
0 
0 
Frogs 
5 
4 
0 
4 
0 
1 
DOMESTIC SPECIES 
Rats 
Rattus rattus diardii 
320 
227 
78 
103 
0 
149 
R. exulans — 
Kuala Lumpur 
5 
2 
0 
2 
0 
0 
Singapore 
128 
72 
5 
67 
0 
13 
R. norvegicus 
180 
169 
4 
144 
0 
148 
Mus mus cuius 
104 
39 
0 
35 
0 
8 
Others 
Paradoxurus hermaphroditus 
3 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Domestic cat 
1 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
MALA YA, No. 26, 1953 
From North Borneo, 1952 
