Hydatigera taeniaeformis (Cestoda: Taeniidae) in the Yucatán squirrel Sciurus yucatanensis (Rodentia: Sciuridae), Mexico
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Cestode, infection, rodent, Yucatán Peninsula.Abstract
The present study reports for the first time the occurrence of Hydatigera taeniaeformis (Cestoda: Taeniidae) in the Yucatán squirrel Sciurus yucatanensis (Rodentia: Sciuridae) in Yucatán, Mexico. Thirty larval stages of cestodes were collected in the liver and mesenteries of an adult male squirrel. This study increases to 11 the total number of helminth taxa known from squirrels in Mexico.References
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