The tick Ixodes granulatus infests Rattus rattus populating a small island offshore of Singapore |
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| Authors: | Paperna I |
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| Institution: | Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture Food and Environmental Quality, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel. ipaperna@agri.huji.ac.il |
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| Abstract: | The ixodid tick Ixodes granulosus Supino 1897 was found infesting Rattus rattus in Semakau island, one of the small offshore islands fringing Singapore to the south. None of the examined R. rattus from the other islands fringing Singapore, or from Singapore island were found infested. Ixodes granulatus occurs, however, on Singapore island on Rattus annandalei, resident of undisturbed forested habitats. We speculate that invading black rats in Semakau replaced autochthonous sylvatic rodent population and contracted their associate tick population. |
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