title: Metazoan parasites of the mountain beaver, Aplodontia rufa (Rodentia: Aplodontidae), from Washington and Oregon, with a checklist of parasites.
abstract: Four species of fleas, 2 species of mites, and the cysticerci of Taenia tenuicollis were collected from mountain beavers, Aplodontia rufa, collected in Washington and Oregon. A summary of the metazoan parasites reported from A. rufa is included.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Environmental Biology, University of Texas, El Paso 79968.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Canaris
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bowers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D003552:Cysticercus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004478:Ectoparasitic Infestations / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008099:Liver / Q000469:parasitology; D008109:Liver Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D008924:Mite Infestations / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary; D008925:Mites / Q000145:classification; D009922:Oregon / Q000453:epidemiology; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D012377:Rodentia / Q000469:parasitology*; D005423:Siphonaptera / Q000145:classification; D014861:Washington / Q000453:epidemiology