he Andean fox, Pseudalopes culpaeus , a new host for Corynosoma obtuscens (Acanthocephala) in Peru
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https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v14i1.1757Keywords:
Corynosoma obtuscens, Acanthocephala, Polymorphidae, Pseudalopex culpaeus, Peru.Abstract
L i n c i c o m e 1 9 4 3 ( A c a n t h o c e p h a l a , P o l y m o r p h i d a e ) i s r e p o r t e d i n t h e s m a l l Corynosoma obtuscens intestine of Andean fox Pseudalopex culpaeus (Molina, 1782) from San Juan de Marcona, in the Pseudalopex culpaeus (Molina, 1782) from San Juan de Marcona, in the Pseudalopex culpaeus department of Ica, Peru. This is the second time that C. obtuscens is reported to infect terrestrial mammals in Peru supporting that P. culpaeus is a defi nitive accidental host of the parasite. In P. culpaeus is a defi nitive accidental host of the parasite. In P. culpaeus addition, the possibility that C. obtuscens infects humans is discussed. C. obtuscens infects humans is discussed.Downloads
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