COMPENDIUM OF ANIMAL PARASITES REPORTED FOR RATS AND MICE (GENUS MUS).
Reading edition
By Ch. Wardell Stiles, Ph. D., Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service,
and
Albert Hassall, M. R. C. V. S., Assistant, Division of Zoology, United States Bureau of Animal Industry.
The following list of parasites is prepared from the detailed host catalogues of the zoological divisions of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service and the Bureau of Animal Industry.
The species of hosts and parasites are taken as given by the various authors. It is needless to say that no list of this kind can ever lay claim to being complete.
Genus MUS Linneaus, 1758.
[Mus musculus should be the type species.]
MUS AGRARIUS.—Harvest Mouse.
Cestoda:
murina Dujardin: Hymenolepis.—Small intestine. [See fraterna.]
Nematoda:
obvelata: Oxyuris.—Intestine.
Arachnoidea:
acuminatus Neumann: Ixodes.—External.
Insecta:
fasciatus Bosc: Ceratophyllus.—External.
musculi Dugès: Ctenopsyllus, Ctenopsylla.—External.
MUS ALBIPES.
Insecta:
pallidus Taschenberg: Pulex.—External.
MUS ALEXANDRINUS.—Roof Rat.
[See also Mus rattus alexandrinus.]
Cestoda:
diminuta Rudolphi, 1819: Tænia, Hymenolepis.—Small intestine.
fasciolaris Rudolphi: Cysticercus.—Liver.
leptocephala: Tænia.—Small intestine.
murina Dujardin: Hymenolepis.—Small intestine. [See fraterna.]
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MUS ALEXANDRINUS ALBIVENTRIS.
Cestoda:
diminuta Rudolphi: Hymenolepis.—Small intestine.
MUS AMPHIBIUS.
Dubium Rudolphi.—Inguinal gland.
Cestoda:
fasciolaris Rudolphi: Cysticercus.—Liver.
omphalodes Hermann: Tænia, Anoplocephala.—Intestine.
Nematoda:
nodosus: Trichocephalus.—Cecum.
obvelata: Ascaris.
MUS ARVALIS.
Cestoda:
fasciolaris Rudolphi: Cysticercus.—Liver.
longicollis: Cysticercus.
omphalodes Hermann: Tænia, Anoplocephala.—Intestine.
Nematoda:
nodosus: Trichocephalus.
obvelata: Ascaris.
Acanthocephala:
moniliformis: Echinorhynchus.
MUS BARBARUS.
[See also barbatus Enderl.]
Insecta:
spiculifer Gerv.: Hæmatopinus, Polyplax.—External.
MUS BRASILIENSIS Geoffr.
[See also Holochilus brasiliensis.]
Cestoda:
pisiformis Zeder: Cysticercus.
Nematoda:
muris brasiliensis Diesing: Physaloptera.
obvelata Bremser: Oxyuris.
MUS CAPENSIS.
Cestoda:
muris capensis: Tænia.—Intestine.
Nematoda:
contortus Rudolphi: Trichocephalus.—Cecum.
MUS CRICETUS.
Cestoda:
straminea Gœze: Tænia.—Intestine.
MUS DECUMANUS Pallas.—Brown or Norway Rat; German Wanderratte.
Protozoa:
? balfouri: Hæmogregarina.—Blood.
intestinalis Lambl, 1859: Lamblia.—Intestine. [See duodenalis.]
lewisi Saville-Kent: Herpetomonas, Trichomonas, Trypanosoma.—Blood.
species Siebold: Sarcocystis.—Muscles.
Trematoda:
armata: Cercaria.
muris: Distomum.
spiculator Dujardin, 1845: Distoma, Echinostoma, Distomum, Echinostomum.—Small intestine.
113Cestoda:
brachydera Diesing: Tænia.—Small intestine.
contracta Janicki: Hymenolepis.—Intestine.
crassa Janicki: Hymenolepis.—Intestine.
diminuta Rudolphi: Tænia, Hymenolepis.—Small intestine.
fasciolaris Rudolphi: Cysticercus.—Liver.
horrida Linstow, 1901: Tænia, Hymenolepis.—Intestine.
microstoma Dujardin: Tænia, Hymenolepis.—Small intestine.
murina Dujardin, 1845: Tænia, Hymenolepis.—Small intestine. [See fraterna.]
nana Siebold: Hymenolepis.—Small intestine. [See fraterna, murina.]
pusilla Gœze: Tænia, Catenotænia.—Small intestine.
ratti: Tænia.—Intestine.
relicta Zschokke, 1888: Tænia, Hymenolepis.—Small intestine.
species Janicki: Hymenolepis.
species: Hymenolepis.—Small intestine.
Nematoda:
annulosum Dujardin: Trichosoma, Trichosomum, Calodium.—Duodenum, small intestine.
anulosum see annulosum Dujardin: Trichosoma.
circumflexa Polonio: Trichina.—Encysted in peritoneum.
crassicauda Bellingham, 1840: Trichodes, Trichosoma.—Urinary bladder, ureter, kidneys, intestine.
hepaticum Bauer: Trichosoma.—Liver.
hepaticum Railliet, 1891: Trichosoma.—Liver.
hepaticus Bancroft: Trichocephalus.—Liver.
longus Grassi & Segrè: Strongyloides, Rhabdonema.—Intestine.
minimum Molin: Gongylonema.
murina Leuckart: Spiroptera.—Stomach. [See obtusa.]
muris Gmelin: Filaria.—Stomach.
obtusa Rudolphi: Filaria, Spiroptera.—Stomach. [See murina.]
obvelata Bremser: Oxyuris.—Large intestine.
papillosum Polonio: Trichosoma.—Urinary bladder.
rhytipleuritis Deslongchamps: Filaria.—Stomach.
schmidtii Linstow: Trichosoma.—Urinary bladder.
species Davaine: Filaria [embryo].—Blood.
species: Heterakis.—Large intestine.
species undetermined: Oxyuris.
species Gerstæcker: Spiroptera.—Encapsuled in wall of stomach and intestine.
species Bakody: Spiroptera.—Encapsuled in walls of alimentary canal and muscles.
species: Spiroptera.—Encapsuled in wall of stomach and intestine.
species Parona: Strongyloides.
species Lutz, 1894: Strongylus.—Small intestine.
? species Railliet: Trichosoma.
spiralis Owen, 1835: Trichina, Trichinella.—Adult in intestine, larva in muscles.
spumosa Schneider: Heterakis.—Cœcum and large intestine.
? tenuissimum Leidy, 1891: Trichosomum.—Liver. [See hepaticum.]
Acanthocephala:
moniliformis Bremser: Echinorhynchus, Gigantorhynchus.
Arachnoidea:
agilis Koch: Lælaps.—External [See echidninus, musculi.]
alepis Railliet & Lucet, 1893: Sarcoptes, Notoedres.—External, ears, genitalia.
complanatus Kramer: Gamasus.—External. [See stabularis, fenilis.]
114decumani Tiraboschi: Myonyssus.
echidninus Berlese: Lælaps.—External.
ensifera Poppe: Myobia.—External.
fenilis Mègnin: Gamasus.—[See stabularis, complanatus.]
musculi Schrank: Pediculus, Myobia.—External, head.
musculi Mègnin: Hæmomyson.—External. [See echidninus, agilis.]
musculi Schrank: Myobia.—External.
ricinus Linné: Acarus, Ixodes.—External. [See rufus, sulcatus, sciuri.]
rufus Koch: Ixodes.—External. [See ricinus.]
sciuri Koch: Ixodes.—External. [See ricinus.]
sp. n. Banks: Lælaps.—External.
stabularis Koch: Gamasus, Hypoaspis, Lælaps.—External. [See complanatus, fenilis.]
sulcatus Koch: Ixodes.—External. [See ricinus.]
tænioides Lamark (larva): Linguatula. [See serrata.]
Insecta:
acanthopus Denny: Hæmatopinus, Hoplopleura.—External.
bidentatiformis Wagner: Neopsylla.—External.
brasiliensis Baker: Pulex.—External.
canis Curtis: Ctenocephalus, Ceratophyllus.—External.
cheopis Roth.: Pulex, Læmopsylla.—External.
consimilis Wagner: Ceratophyllus.—External.
fasciatus Bosc: Pulex, Ceratophyllus. External.
felis Bouché: Ctenocephalus.—External.
irritans Linné: Pulex.—External.
lagomys Wagner: Ceratophyllus.—External.
londiniensis Roth.: Ceratophyllus.—External.
musculi Dugès: Ctenopsylla.—External.
mustelæ Wagner: Ceratophyllus.—External.
penicilliger Grube: Ceratophyllus.—External.
philippinensis Herzog: Pulex.—External.
serraticeps Gervais: Pulex.—External.
spinulosus Burmeister: Hæmatopinus, Polyplax.—External.
MUS DECUMANUS × MUS NORVEGICUS ALBUS.
Protozoa:
undetermined.—Small intestine.
Cestoda:
fasciolaris: Cysticercus.—Liver.
species: Hymenolepis.—Intestine.
Nematoda:
spiralis Owen: Trichinella.—Artificial infection.
MUS DOMESTICUS = MUS MUSCULUS ALBUS.
Arachnoidea:
crotali Humboldt (larva): Porocephalus.—Encysted in various organs, experimental.
MUS FERCULINUS.
Insecta:
thomasi Rothschild: Stephanocircus.—External.
MUS FLAVIDUS.
Cestoda:
? gracilis Janicki: Davainea.—Intestine.
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MUS FULIGINOSUS.
Arachnoidea:
crotali Humboldt: Porocephalus.—Encysted in various organs.
MUS FURCIROSTRIS Wagner.
Acanthocephala:
moniliformis Bremser: Echinorhynchus.—Intestine.
MUS GENTILIS.
Insecta:
cheopis Rothschild: Pulex.—External.
MUS LEMMUS.
Cestoda:
lemmi: Tænia.—Intestine. [See muris lemmi.]
muris lemmi: Tænia.—Intestine. [See lemmi.]
MUS MEYERI.
Cestoda:
celebensis Janicki, 1902: Davainea.—Intestine.
MUS MINIMUS Ptrs.
Nematoda:
species Linstow, 1901: Spiroptera.—Stomach.
MUS MINUTUS Pallas.—German Zwergmaus.
Nematoda:
obvelata Bremser: Oxyuris.—Cecum.
oxyura Nitzsch, 1821: Ascaris.—[See obvelata.]
MUS MUSCHENBROCKI.
Cestoda:
polycalceola Janicki: Davainea.—Intestine.
MUS MUSCULUS[AC] Linné, 1758.—House Mouse.
——:
Dubium Rudolphi, 1819.—Inguinal gland.
Protozoa:
brucei: Trypanosoma, Trypanozoon.—Blood, artificial infection.
dimorphon: Trypanosoma, Trypanozoon.—Blood.
duttoni Thiroux, 1905: Trypanosoma, Trypanozoon.—Blood.
equinum: Trypanosoma, Trypanozoon.—Blood, artificial infection.
equiperdum: Trypanosoma, Trypanozoon.—Blood, artificial infection.
evansi: Trypansoma, Trypanozoon.—Blood, artificial infection.
falciforme Schneider: Coccidium, Eimeria.—Intestine.
flagellate, something like Herpetomonas bütschlii.
gambiense: Trypanosoma, Trypanozoon.—Blood, artificial infection.
intestinalis Lambl, 1859: Lamblia, Megastoma.—Intestine. [See duodenalis, muris.]
muris Grassi: Amœba.
muris Bensen, 1908: Lamblia.—Intestine. [See intestinalis.]
muris Schuberg: Coccidium.—Intestine.
muris Smith & Johnson, 1902a: Klossiella.—Renal epithelium.
116muris Balfour: Leucocytozoon.—Blood.
muris R. Blanchard: Miescheria, Sarcocystis.—Striated muscle.
musculi Kendall: Trypanosoma.—Blood.
schubergi Labbé: Pfeifferella.—Intestine.
species Th. Smith: Eimeria.—Kidney.
species J. J. Clarke: Pfeifferella.—Intestine.
species Miescher: Sarcocystis.—Muscles.
stercorea Cienkowski: Chlamydophrys.—Intestine.
Trematoda:
armata: Cercaria.
muris Ercolani, 1882: Distomum.
musculi Rudolphi, 1819: Distoma, Distomum.—Intestine.
recurvum Dujardin, 1845: Distoma, Distomum.—Intestine.
Cestoda:
canis lagopodis Viborg: Tænia.—Intestine. [See lineata.]
contracta Janicki: Hymenolepis.—Intestine.
crassa Janicki, 1904: Hymenolepis.—Intestine.
diminuta Rudolphi: Tænia, Hymenolepis.—Intestine.
echinococcus. [See Devé, 1904, October 28; 264.]
fasciolaris Rudolphi, 1819: Cysticercus.—Liver.
imbricata Diesing: Tænia.—Small intestine.
leptocephala Creplin, 1849: Tænia.—Small intestine.
lineata Gœze: Tænia, Mesocestoides, Ptychophysa. [See canis lagopodis.]
microstoma Dujardin, 1845: Tænia.—Intestine.
murina Dujardin, 1845: Tænia, Hymenolepis.—Intestine. [See fraterna.]
muris capensis: Tænia.
muris hepatica Rœderer, 1762: Fasciola.—Liver. [See fasciolaris.]
musculi Rudolphi, 1810: Tænia.—Abdominal cavity.
pisiformis Zeder: Cysticercus.—Liver.
pusilla Gœze, 1782: Tænia.—Intestine.
species Janicki: Hymenolepis.—Intestine.
species Merrem, 1781: Fasciola.—Liver. [See fasciolaris.]
tenella Pallas, 1781 pars: Tænia.—Abdominal cavity. [See musculi.]
umbonata Molin, 1858: Tænia.—Intestine.
Nematoda:
bacillatum Eberth: Trichosoma.—Esophagus.
hepaticum Railliet, 1889: Trichosoma.—Liver.
minimum Molin: Gongylonema.—On stomach, liver.
muris Gmelin: Filaria.
muris Werner: Lumbricus, Ascaris, Fusaria. [See obtusa Frœlich.]
muris musculi Creplin, 1849: Trichosoma.—Large intestine.
musculi Rudolphi: Filaria, Gongylonema.—Abdomen.
nodosus Rudolphi: Trichocephalus.—Intestine, cecum.
oxyura Nitzsch, 1821: Ascaris.—[See obvelata.]
obvelata Rudolphi: Oxyuris.—Cecum.
obtusa Rudolphi: Filaria, Spiroptera.—Stomach.
obtusa Frœlich, 1791: Ascaris.—Stomach. [See muris Werner.]
quadrialata Molin: Spiroptera.—Stomach.
semilanceolata Molin, 1858: Oxyuris.—Cecum. [See tetraptera.]
spiralis Owen, 1835: Trichina, Trichinella.—Adult in intestine, larva in muscles.
tetraptera Nitzsch: Oxyuris.—Cecum. [See semilanceolata.]
tricuspis Leuckart: Ollulanus.—Muscles.
117Acanthocephala:
muris Zeder: Echinorhynchus.—Stomach.
Arachnoidea:
coarctata Heyden: Myobia.—External. [See musculi Schrank.]
musculi Oudemans: Demodex.—Hair follicles. [See folliculorum musculi.]
musculi Schrank: Pediculus, Myobia.—External, head.
musculinus Galli-Valerio: Myocoptes.—External.
simplex Tyrrell: Psorergates.—External.
Insecta:
acanthopus Burmeister, 1838: Hoplopleura, Hæmatopinus.—External.
agyrtes Heller: Typhlopsylla.—External.
assimilis Taschenberg: Typhlopsylla.—External.
charlottensis Baker: Odontopsyllus.—External.
fasciatus Bosc: Ceratophyllus.—External.
italicus Tiraboschi: Ceratophyllus.—External.
londiniensis Roth.: Ceratophyllus.—External.
musculi Dugès: Ctenopsyllus, Ctenopsylla, Typhlopsylla.—External.
serratus Burm., 1838: Hæmatopinus.—External.
serraticeps Taschenberg: Ctenocephalus.—External.
larva of a dipteron, gen. sp.?
taschenbergi Wagner: Ctenopsyllus.—External.
tripectinata Tiraboschi: Hystrichopsylla.—External.
walkeri Roth.: Ceratophyllus.—External.
MUS MUSCULUS ALBUS.—White Mice.
Cestoda:
fasciolaris Rudolphi: Cysticercus.—Liver.
Arachnoidea:
crotali Humboldt (larva): Porocephalus.—Encysted in various organs.
proboscideum: Pentastomum. [See crotali.]
MUS NAVALIS.
Nematoda:
labiodentata Linstow: Spiroptera.—Intestine.
MUS NORVEGICUS Erxl.—Norway Rat.
[See also Mus decumanus.]
Protozoa:
lewisi: Trypanosoma, Trypanozoon.—Blood.
Insecta:
bidentatiformis Wagner: Ctenophthalmus.—External.
brasiliensis Baker: Pulex.—External.
fasciatus Bosc: Ceratophyllus.—External.
italicus Tiraboschi: Ceratophyllus.—External.
murinus Tiraboschi: Pulex.—External.
musculi Dugès: Ctenopsyllus.—External.
MUS [NORVEGICUS] ALBUS.—White Rat.
Protozoa:
muris Fantham: Piroplasma.—Blood.
perniciosum Miller: Hepatozoon.—Liver, blood.
Cestoda:
fasciolaris Rudolphi: Cysticercus.—Liver.
118Nematoda:
hepaticum: Trichosoma.—Liver.
spiralis Owen, 1835: Trichinella.—Adult in intestine, larva in muscle.
Arachnoidea:
ensifera Poppe: Myobia.
MUS PUMILIS Dujardin.—Little Mouse.
Cestoda:
murina Dujardin, 1845: Tænia, Hymenolepis.—Intestine. [See fraterna.]
MUS PYRRHORHINUS Neuwied.
[See also Hesperomys pyrrhorhinus.]
Cestoda:
diminuta: Tænia.—Intestine.
Arachnoidea:
crotali Humboldt: Porocephalus.—Encysted in various organs.
subcylindricum: Pentastomum.—Liver.
MUS RAJAH.
Cestoda:
blanchardi Parona: Davainea.
MUS RATTUS Linné.—German Hausratte.
Protozoa:
“amibes.”
intestinalis Lambl, 1859: Lamblia.—Intestine. [See duodenalis, muris.]
lewisi Saville-Kent, 1880: Trypanosoma.—Blood.
species Siebold: Sarcocystis.—Muscles.
Trematoda:
spiculator: Distomum.
Cestoda:
cellulosæ Rudolphi: Cysticercus.—Peritoneum.
diminuta Rudolphi, 1819: Tænia, Hymenolepis.—Small intestine.
fasciolaris Rudolphi: Cysticercus.—Liver.
microstoma Dujardin: Tænia, Hymenolepis.—Small intestine.
minima: Tænia. [See diminuta.]
murina Dujardin, 1845: Tænia, Hymenolepis.—Small intestine. [See fraterna.]
pusilla Gœze, 1782: Tænia, Catenotænia.—Small intestine.
ratti Rudolphi: Tænia.—Small intestine.
ratticola Linstow: Bothriocephalus.—Liver.
species Eber: Tænia.—Intestine.
umbonata Molin: Tænia.—Intestine.
varesina Parona: Tænia.—[See diminuta.]
Nematoda:
annulosum Dujardin: Trichosoma, Calodium.—Intestine.
anulosum: Trichosoma. [See annulosum.]
brauni Linstow: Spiroptera.
circularis Linstow: Physaloptera.—Stomach.
circumflexa Polonio: Trichina.—Encysted in peritoneum.
nodosus Rudolphi: Trichocephalus.—Cecum.
obvelata Bremser: Oxyuris.—Cecum.
oxyura Nitzsch, 1821: Ascaris. [See obvelata.]
ratti Diesing: Spiroptera.—Urinary bladder.
rhytipleuritis Deslongchamps: Filaria.—Stomach.
119species Gerstæcker: Spiroptera.—Wall of stomach and intestine.
species Bakody: Spiroptera.—Encapsuled in wall of intestine, muscles.
spumosa Schneider: Heterakis.—Cecum, colon.
Acanthocephala:
moniliformis Bremser: Echinorhynchus, Gigantorhynchus.—Intestine.
Arachnoidea:
ægyptium Linné: Acarus, Ixodes, Hyalomma.—External. [See marginatum.]
agilis Koch: Lælaps.—External. [See echidninus, musculi.]
alepis Railliet & Lucet, 1893; Sarcoptes, Notoedres.—External, ears, genitalia.
echidninus Berlese: Lælaps.—External. [See agilis, musculi.]
marginatum Koch: Hyalomma.—External. [See ægyptium.]
muris Can., 1894: Notoedres.—External. [See alepis.]
musculi Mègnin: Hæmomyson.—External. [See agilis, echidninus.]
serratum: Pentastomum.—Thoracic cavity.
Insecta:
brasiliensis Baker: Pulex.—External. [See cheopis.]
cæcata Enderlein: Dermatophilus, Rhynchoprion.—External.
cheopis Rothschild, 1903: Lœmopsylla.—External. [See brasiliensis, murinus, pallidus, philippinensis.]
fasciatus: Ceratophyllus.—External.
gallinacea Westwood: Echidnophaga, Argopsylla.—External.
irritans Linné: Pulex.—External.
italicus Tiraboschi: Ceratophyllus. External.
londiniensis Rothschild: Ceratophyllus.—External.
mexicanus Baker: Ctenopsyllus.—External.
murinus Tirab.: Pulex.—External. [See cheopis, pallidus, brasiliensis, philippinensis.]
musculi Dugès: Ctenopysllus.—External.
pallidus Taschenberg: Pulex.—External. [See brasiliensis, cheopis, murinus, philippinensis.]
philippinensis Herzog: Pulex.—External. [See brasiliensis, cheopis, murinus, pallidus.]
rhynchopsylla Tiraboschi: Echidnophaga.—External.
MUS RATTUS ALEXANDRINUS.
[See also Mus Alexandrinus.]
Insecta:
brasiliensis Baker: Pulex.—External.
cæcata End: Dermatophilus.—External.
canis Curtis: Ctenocephalus.—External.
cheopis Roth.: Pulex.—External.
fasciatus Bosc: Ceratophyllus.—External.
felis Bouché: Ctenocephalus.—External.
gallinacea Westwood: Echidnophaga.—External.
irritans Linné: Pulex.—External.
londiniensis Roth.: Ceratophyllus.—External.
murinus Tiraboschi: Pulex.—External.
musculi Dugès: Ctenopsylla.—External.
philippinensis Herzog: Pulex.—External.
rhynchopsylla Tiraboschi: Echidnophaga, Argopsylla.—External.
MUS RUFESCENS Gray.
Protozoa:
lewisi Saville-Kent, 1880: Trypanosoma, Trypanozoon.—Blood.
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MUS SIPORANUS.
Cestoda:
blanchardi Parona: Davainea.—Intestine.
MUS SURIFER.
Nematoda:
muricola: Spiroptera.—Subcutaneous.
MUS SYLVATICUS Linné.—German Waldmaus.
Trematoda:
recurvum Dujardin, 1845: Distoma, Distomum, D. (Brachylaimus).—Intestine.
vitta Dujardin, 1845: Distoma, Distomum, D. (Brachylaimus).—Intestine.
Cestoda:
muris sylvatici Rudolphi: Tænia.—Intestine.
pusilla Gœze: Tænia.—Intestine.
Nematoda:
cristatum Rudolphi: Ophiostomum, Rictularia.—Intestine.
lævis Dujardin: Strongylus, Metastrongylus.—Intestine.
minutus Dujardin: Strongylus, Metastrongylus.—Intestine.
muris sylvatici Dujardin: Trichosoma.—Intestine.
nodosus Rudolphi: Trichocephalus.—Intestine, cecum.
obtusa Rudolphi: Spiroptera.
obvelata Bremser: Oxyuris.—Cecum.
oxyura Nitzsch, 1821: Ascaris. [See obvelata.]
polygyrus Dujardin: Strongylus, Metastrongylus.—Intestine.
spirogyrus Leuckart: Strongylus.—Intestine.
stroma Linstow, 1884: Oxyuris.—Intestine.
tetraptera Nitzsch: Oxyuris.—Intestine.
Arachnoidea:
simplex Tyrell: Psorergates.—Skin.
Insecta:
agyrtes Heller: Ctenophthalmus, Typhlopsylla.—External.
assimilis Taschenberg: Typhlopsylla.—External.
fasciatus Bosc: Ceratophyllus.—External.
gallinæ Schrank: Ceratophyllus.—External.
italicus Tiraboschi: Ceratophyllus.—External.
londiniensis Rothschild: Ceratophyllus.—External.
musculi Dugès: Ctenopsyllus, Ctenopsylla.—External.
obtusiceps Ritsema: Hystrichopsylla.—External.
pentacanthus Rothschild: Neopsylla, Ctenophthalmus.—External.
poppei Wagner: Typhloceras, Typhlocerus.—External.
proxima Wagner: Typhlopsylla, Ctenopthalmus.—External.
talpæ Curtis: Hystrichopsylla.—External.
taschenbergi Wagner: Ctenopsylla.—External.
MUS SYLVESTRIS.
Protozoa:
intestinalis Lambl, 1859: Lamblia.—Intestine. [See muris.]
MUS TECTORUM Sari.
Cestoda:
fasciolaris: Cysticercus.—Liver.
MUS VARIEGATUS.
Cestoda:
muris variegati Janicki: Hymenolepis.—Intestine.
trapezoides Janicki: Davainea.—Intestine.
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MUS VELUTINUS Balser, 1905.
Insecta:
dasyuri Skuse: Stephanocircus.—External.
hercules Roth.: Macropsylla.—External.
simpsoni Rothschild: Stephanocircus.—External.
simsoni. [See simpsoni.]
MUS in the sense of “rats.”
The following parasites are reported either from “rats” or from “Mus” in the sense of “rats:”
Protozoa:
brucei: Trypanosoma, Trypanozoon.—Blood.
dimorphon: Trypanosoma, Trypanozoon.—Blood.
equiperdum: Trypanosoma, Trypanozoon.—Blood.
evansi: Trypanosoma, Trypanozoon.—Blood.
evansii: Trypanosoma. [See evansi.]
gambiense: Trypanosoma, Trypanozoon.—Blood, artificial infection.
intestinale R. Blanchard, 1885: Megastoma.—Intestine. [See muris.]
muris Grassi: Amœba.
Cestoda:
fasciolaris: Cysticercus.
Nematoda:
hepaticum Railliet, 1889: Trichosoma.—Liver.
hepaticus: Trichocephalus.
species Davaine: Filaria.—Blood.
Gordiacea:
Gordius. By error Cerruti & Camerano (1888b, 6) have interpreted a title by
Leidy (1879) as meaning that he found Gordius in a rat.
Arachnoidea:
sanguineus Latreille: Rhipicephalus.—External.
Insecta:
capitis Nitzsch: Pediculus.—External.
canis Curtis: Ctenocephalus.—External.
præcisus: Hæmatopinus.—External.
MUS species.
Under various “Mus sp.” entries, the following parasites are reported:
Protozoa:
gambiense: Trypanosoma.—Blood, artificial injection.
Insecta:
aganippes Roth.: Ctenopsylla.—External.
agyrtes Heller: Typhlopsylla.—External.
colossus Roth.: Pygiopsylla.—External.
ellobius Roth.: Ctenopsylla.—External.
hercules Roth.: Macropsylla.—External.
miacantha: Polyplax.—Hair.
pinnatus Wagn.: Ceratophyllus.—External.
præcisus Neum., 1902: Hæmatopinus.—External.
WATER RAT.
[See also Mus amphibius.]
Cestoda:
longicollis: Cysticercus.—Axillary space.
Insecta:
spiniger Burm., 1838: Hæmatopinus.
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MUS.
The following parasites are recorded under “Mus.:”
Protozoa:
falciformis: Eimeria.—Intestine.
Trematoda:
migrans: Dist.
Cestoda:
blanchardi Parona: Davainea.
celebensis Janicki: Davainea.
gracilis Janicki: Davainea.
muris variegati Janicki: Hymenolepis.
nana Siebold: Hymenolepis. [See fraterna.]
polycalceola Janicki: Davainea.
relicta Zschokke: Hymenolepis.
trapezoides Janicki: Davainea.
Nematoda:
hepaticum Railliet: Trichosoma.
obvelata Bremser: Oxyuris.—Intestine.
Arachnoidea:
musculi Oudemans: Demodex.
Insecta:
cheopis Roth.: Lœmopsylla.—External.
felis Bouché: Ctenocephalus.
MUS.—A Field Mouse.
Cestoda:
longicollis: Cysticercus.—Thoracic cavity.
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