title: Dipylidium caninum (Cyclophyllidea, Dipylidiidae) in a wild carnivore from Brazil.
abstract: We report Dipylidium caninum for the first time in a wild carnivore in Brazil, the crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous). Presence of the cestode could be the consequence of anthropogenic expansion into natural habitats of this host, as this parasite has only previously been reported in domestic hosts in Brazil.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Rodovia BR 465 - Km 7, CEP 23890-000, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. fmatosvieira@gmail.com
authors.forename: Fabiano M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.forename: José L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Luque
authors.forename: Sueli de Souza
authors.initials: Sde S
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: Antonio H A de Moraes
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Neto
authors.forename: Luís C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Muniz-Pereira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000469:parasitology; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002589:Cestoda / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005589:Foxes / Q000469:parasitology*