COLLECTIONS IN MALAYA 
Table 3 
Infestation of Certain Animal Hosts by the Commoner Trombiculid Mites 
Only animals which have been reasonably well sampled are included in this table. The figures in the 
columns show the mean numbers of trombiculid larvae found per individual host, trivial infestations being 
shown by a dot. 
Mean number of Trombiculids per Individual 
f A 
Trombicula Euschongastia Gahrliepia 
Hosts, and number 
examined 
Total, 
all species 
deliensis 
akamushi 
Other 
Leptotrombidium 
munda 
spicea 
indica 
audyi 
lacunosa 
oudemansi 
Walchia , 
Gahrliepia, 
Gateria 
Other 
species 
Arboreal Animals 
Squirrels 
Callosciurus caniceps 96 
3 
3 
C. notatus 207 
11 
. 
10 
C. nigrovittatus 300 ... 
39 
. 38 
C. tenuis 61 
30 
• 
3 
11 14 2 
• 
• 
Flying Squirrels 11 ... 
+ 
+ + + 
Tree Rats 
Chiropodomys gliroides 76 
0 
Rattus canus 112 
38 
1 
1 3 . 11 
22 1 
R. cremoriventer 72 
• 
Tree Shrews* 
Tupaia spp. 102 
37 
5 1 
2 
24 4 
9 7 
3 
Terrestrial Animals 
Ground Squirrels 
C. lowii 13 
(10) 
(10) 
Lariscus and Rhinosciurus 29 
3i 
10 
10 
2 2 
7 
Ground Rats 
R. rattus jalorensis 241 
22 
5 10 . 
31. 1 
3 
,, ,, ,, (oilpalms) 1,288 
49 
10 1 
37 • 0 
1 
R. r. argentwenter 387 
81 
19 59 
1 
2 
R. exulans (field) 650 
2 
1 
1 
R. miXlleri 175 
46 
14 1 
3 25 
2 1 
R. bowersi 54 ... 
85 
22 36 
19 
5 1 
2 
R. sabanus 450 
12 
2 1 
5 
1 2 
R. whiteheadi 371 
7 
7 
R. rajah 271 ... 
3 
2 
# 
Insectivores t 
Domestic Species 
R. rattus diardii (K.L.) 2,439 
19 
19 
R. norvegicus (seaport) 824 ... 
10 
10 
Suncus murinus 484 ... 
0 
Paradoxurus hermaphroditus 7 
0 
* Tree Shrews are as much terrestrial as arboreal 
t The Insectivores comprise the largely arboreal Tree Shrews, the house-haunting Suncus murinus, and a number of less 
common species, including Crocidura spp. and Hylomys suillus (usually brought in dead,) and Echinosorex gyninurus (of 
which too few have been examined.) 
i Mostly the host-specific Ascoschongastia malayensis. 
MALAYA , No. 26 , 1953 
