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CHECKLIST OF THE HELMINTH PARASITES OF SOUTH AMERICAN BATS
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Avaliação e Promoção da Saúde Ambiental. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Natural History Museum. Department of Life Science. London, UK.
Natural History Museum. Department of Life Science. London, UK.
Abstract
Although the Chiroptera represents a significant proportion (c.20%) of the mammalian fauna and South America has the
highest diversity of bat species, only about a third of the known species in this region have had helminth parasites reported
from them. This work represents the first comprehensive checklist of the helminth parasites (nematodes, acanthocephalans,
trematodes and cestodes) of South American bats. The data were extracted from more than 120 references and are
presented as a key to each group of parasites down to the generic level, with an indication of how the bats become infected,
accompanied by a list of the species recorded for each genus. This is followed, in tabular form, by parasite-host and hostparasite
checklists. The parasite-host list also includes their geographical distribution in South America (at the country
level) and site data, plus the references in which the parasite records occur. The host-parasite list is arranged according to
the classification of the hosts. In all, c.370 host-parasite associations are recorded, involving 114 nominal species of helminths
from 92 named chiropteran taxa.
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