Helminths parasitizing the silvery mole-rat, Heliophobius argenteocinereus (Rodentia: Bathyergidae) from Malawi

Helminthologia

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 153-160

  Tenora, F ^a   Barus V ^b   Prokes M ^b   Sumbera R ^c   Koubkova B ^d  

^a MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bathyergidae; Heliophobius argenteocinereus; Inermicapsifer arvicanthidis; Malawi; Morphology; Protospirura muricola; Sibling species; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BATHYERGIDAE; CESTODA; HELIOPHOBIUS ARGENTEOCINEREUS; RODENTIA; VERMES;

EID: 0347604340     PISSN: 04406605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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