Helminth and protozoan parasites of subterranean rodents (Chordata, Mammalia, Rodentia) of the world

By

Dursahinhan, Altangerel
Kenkel, Daniel
Gardner, Scott Lyell, 1956-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1151

Pages

159--203

Subjects

Bathyergidae , Cricetidae , Ctenomyidae , endoparasite , Geomyidae , Heterocephalidae , Octodontidae , Spalacidae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1151.97126

 

Abstract

Published studies and ten new unpublished records included herein reveal that approximately 174 species of endoparasites (helminths and protozoans) are known from 65 of 163 species of rodents that occupy the subterranean ecotope globally. Of those, 94 endoparasite species were originally described from these rodents. A total of 282 host-parasite associations are summarized from four major zoogeographic regions including Ethiopian, Palearctic/Oriental, Nearctic, and Neotropical. Thirty-four parasite records from the literature have been identified to only the level of the genus. In this summary, ten new records have been added, and the most current taxonomic status of each parasite species is noted. Interestingly, there are no data on endoparasites from more than 68% of described subterranean rodents, which indicates that discovery and documentation are at an early stage and must continue.