title: Gastrointestinal helminth fauna of Japanese moles, Mogera spp.
abstract: One trematode, Echinostoma macrorchis, 2 cestodes, Hymenolepis diminuta and Choanotaenia spasskii and 5 nematodes, Parastrongyloides winchesi, Tricholinstowia talpae, Heterakis spumosa, Trichuris sp. and Capillaria soricis were obtained from 129 Mogera wogura, 233 M. kobeae and 28 M. tokudae, which were collected from almost all over Japan. All present cases were new host and locality records. The discovery of T. talpae in Japan shows the wide distribution of this species from Japan to Europe.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yokohata
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Y P
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamiya
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007312:Eulipotyphla / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000469:parasitology; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal; D006376:Helminths / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008971:Moles / Q000469:parasitology*