Taenia rileyi

Taenia rileyi is a tapeworm of the genus Taenia from the United States. Adults infect bobcats (Lynx rufus) and feral domestic cats (Felis silvestris catus),[1] but larvae have been found in rodents such as the cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus),[2] the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in Florida,[3] and the hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) in Florida and Georgia.[4] These rodents may serve as intermediate hosts.[1]

Taenia rileyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Cestoda
Order: Cyclophyllidea
Family: Taeniidae
Genus: Taenia
Species:
T. rileyi
Binomial name
Taenia rileyi
Loewen, 1929

References

  1. Kinsella, J. M. 1974. "Comparison of Helminth Parasites of the Cotton Rat, Sigmodon hispidus, from Several Habitats in Florida". American Museum Novitates, 2540:1–12., p. 3082
  2. Kinsella, J. M. 1991. "Comparison of Helminths of Three Species of Mice, Podomys floridanus, Peromyscus gossypinus, and Peromyscus polionotus, from Southern Florida". Canadian Journal of Zoology, 39:3078–3083., table 2
  3. Kinsella, J. M. 1988. "Comparison of Helminths of Rice Rats, Oryzomys palustris, from freshwater and saltwater marshes in Florida". Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 55(2):275–280., p. 277
  4. Kinsella, J. M. 1974. "Comparison of Helminth Parasites of the Cotton Rat, Sigmodon hispidus, from Several Habitats in Florida". American Museum Novitates, 2540:1–12. pp. 5, 8
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