Spatial use of rodents (Rodentia: Mammalia) host body surface by ectoparasites

Brazilian Journal of Biology

E. B. Bittencourt²  C. F. D. Rocha¹ 

[1] ,Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Setor de Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia Rio de Janeiro RJ ,Brazil

关键词: small mammal;    parasitim;    ectoparasites;    Atlantic Rainforest;    rodent;    pequenos mamíferos;    parasitismo;    ectoparasitas;    Mata Atlântica;    roedores;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1519-69842002000300004

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

We studied the ectoparasite and the Amblyopinini beetle fauna associated with four small mammal species of the Atlantic Rainforest of Ilha Grande, an island located off the southern Rio de Janeiro State Coast, Southeastern Brazil, analyzing to what extent the parasites were specific to each region of the host body. During the study, a total of 90 individual rodents were captured: 61 Proechimys iheringi Thomas, 1911 (Echymyidae), 22 Sciurus aestuans (Thomas, 1901) (Sciuridae), 4 Oxymycterus sp. (Waterhouse, 1837), and 2 Nectomys squamipes (Brants, 1827) (Sigmodontinae). The data showed that the ectoparasites and Amblyopinini on some rodent hosts in Ilha Grande tend to prefer particular host body sites, and that some ectoparasite species sites may overlap owing to their inaccessibility to the host.

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