New Species of Eimeria from Arizona Rodents |
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| Authors: | Norman D Levine Virginia Ivens Francis J Kruidenier |
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| Institution: | College of Veterinary Medicine and Agricultural Experiment Station, and Dept. of Zoology, University of Illinois, Urbana, III. |
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| Abstract: | SUMMARY. In a survey of 52 rodents of 25 species from Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona and its vicinity, the following species of Eimeria are described: E. tamiasciuri n. sp. from the red or spruce squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus; E. lateralis n. sp. and Eimeria sp. from the mantled ground squirrel, Citellus lateralis; E. eutamiae n. sp. from the cliff chipmunk, Eutamias dorsalis; E. thomomysis n. sp. from the pocket gopher, Thomomys bottae; E. perognathi n. sp. from the rock pocket mouse, Perognathus intermedius; E. albigulae n. sp. from the white-throated woodrat, Neotoma albigula; E. operculata n. sp. from Stephens' woodrat, Neotoma stephensi; E. peromysci n. sp. and E. arizonensis n. sp. from the piñon mouse, Peromyscus truei; E. eremici n. sp. from the cactus mouse, Peromyscus eremicus ; and E. onychomysis n. sp. from the northern grasshopper mouse, Onychomys leucogaster. |
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