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Parasitic Protozoa of the Blood of Rodents VI. Two New Hemogregarines of the Pygmy Flying Squirrel Idiurus macrotis (Rodentia: Theridomyomorpha: Anomaluridae) in West Africa
Author(s) -
KILLCKKENDRICK R.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
the journal of protozoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 0022-3921
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1984.tb05497.x
Subject(s) - hepatozoon , biology , zoology , parasite hosting , protozoa , rodent , ecology , botany , world wide web , computer science , canis
. Descriptions are given of two new species of Hepatozoon Miller, 1908 found in the pygmy squirrel, Idiurus macrotis , in the Ivory Coast. Gamonts of both are parasites of monocytes. The size and shape of the gamonts of one, H. normani n. sp., are similar to those of a number of gamonts of other species of rodent hemogregarines and the separate identity of the parasite is based on the host restriction of mammalian hemogregarines. The gamonts of the other species, H. dolichomorphon n. sp., are remarkably long and slender and are unlike those of any other known hemogregarine of mammals. Schizonts of this species were found in a smear prepared from heart blood.