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Several studies on ticks infesting small mammals, including elephant shrews, have beenconducted in South Africa; however, these studies have included only a single four-toedelephant shrew and no hedgehogs. This study thus aimed to identify and quantify theixodid ticks infesting four-toed elephant shrews and Southern African hedgehogs. Four-toedelephant shrews (Petrodromus tetradactylus) were trapped in dense shrub undergrowth in anature reserve in north-eastern KwaZulu-Natal. They were separately housed, first in cagesand later in glass terraria fitted with wire-mesh bases to allow detached ticks to fall throughfor collection. Southern African hedgehogs (Atelerix frontalis) were hand caught on a farm inthe eastern region of the Northern Cape Province and all visible ticks were collected by meansof tweezers while the animals were anaesthetised. The ticks from each animal were preservedseparately in 70% ethanol for later identification and counting. The immature stages of fiveixodid tick species were collected from the elephant shrews, of which Rhipicephalus muehlensiwas the most common. It has not been recorded previously on any species of elephantshrew. Three ixodid tick species were collected from the hedgehogs. Large numbers of adultHaemaphysalis colesbergensis, which has not been encountered previously on hedgehogs,were collected from these animals. Four-toed elephant shrews are good hosts of the larvaeand nymphs of R. muehlensi, and Southern African hedgehogs are good hosts of adult H.colesbergensis

Ticks of four-toed elephant shrews and Southern African hedgehogs