Gastrointestinal helminths from the endangered Hualapai vole, Microtus mogollonensis hualpaiensis (Rodentia: Cricetidae).
The Hualapai vole (Microtus mogollonensis haulpaiensis) is an endangered rodent occurring in northwestern Arizona. Helmiths were examined from 47 voles collected from 9 localities in northwestern Arizona. A toal of 375 helminths was collected, including 2 species of cestodes Anoplocephaloides troeschi and Paranoplocephala macrocephala, and 1 cecal nematode Syphacia obvelata. Pinworms were the most common helminth, but prevalence and abundance varied among localities. Comparison of the pinworms we found with the types of S. obvelata and Syphacia nigeriana indicate that those in M. m. hualpaiensis were S. obvelata.
Frey
J K
JK
Department of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 87131, USA.
Patrick
M J
MJ
D000818:Animals; D001130:Arizona / Q000453:epidemiology; D003411:Arvicolinae / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*