Parasitic Protozoa of the Blood of Rodents VI. Two New Hemogregarines of the Pygmy Flying Squirrel Idiurus macrotis (Rodentia: Theridomyomorpha: Anomaluridae) in West Africa
- 1 November 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The Journal of Protozoology
- Vol. 31 (4) , 532-535
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.1984.tb05497.x
Abstract
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.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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