Table 2.
Endoparasite species diversity of Ethiopian subterranean rodents and their known original hosts. Authorities are given for parasite and host species.
| Host species | Parasite species | References |
|---|---|---|
| Bathyergussuillus (Schreber, 1782) | Mammalakismacrospiculum (Ortlepp, 1939) | Lutermann et al. 2012 |
| Ortleppstrongylusbathyergi Ortlepp, 1939 | De Graaff 1964 | |
| Paralibyostrongylusbathyergi (Ortlepp, 1939) | Lutermann et al. 2012 | |
| Rodentolepis Spasskii, 1954 | Lutermann et al. 2012 | |
| Taenia Linnaeus, 1758 | Lutermann et al. 2012 | |
| Trichostrongylus Looss, 1905 | De Graaff 1964 | |
| Trichuris Roederer, 1761 | Lutermann et al. 2012 | |
| Cryptomyshottentotus (Lesson, 1826) | Ascaropsafricana (Sandground, 1933) | Lutermann et al. 2013 |
| Heligmonina Baylis, 1928 | Viljoen et al. 2011 | |
| Inermicapsifermadagascariensis (Davaine, 1870) | De Graaff 1981 | |
| Mammalakismacrospiculum (Ortlepp, 1939) | Archer et al. 2017 | |
| Mathevotaenia Akhumyan, 1946 | Viljoen et al. 2011 | |
| Neoheligmonella Durette-Desset, 1971 | Archer et al. 2017 | |
| Protospirura Seurat, 1914 | Viljoen et al. 2011 | |
| Raillietina Fuhrman, 1920 | Lutermann et al. 2013 | |
| Trichuris Roederer, 1761 | Archer et al. 2017 | |
| Fukomysanselli (Burda et al., 1999) | Hexametra Travassos, 1920 | Lutermann et al. 2018 |
| Inermicapsifer Janicki, 1910 | Lutermann et al. 2018 | |
| Mammalakiszambiensis Junker et al., 2017 | Junker et al. 2017 | |
| Protospiruramuricola (Gedoelst, 1916) | Lutermann et al. 2018 | |
| Protospiruranumidica Seurat, 1914 | Lutermann et al. 2018 | |
| Protospirura Seurat, 1914 | Lutermann et al. 2018 | |
| Rodentolepiscf.microstoma (Dujardin, 1945) | Lutermann et al. 2018 | |
| Fukomyskafuensis (Burda et al., 1999) | Inermicapsifermadagascariensis (Davaine, 1870) | Scharff et al. 1997 |
| Protospiruramuricola (Gedoelst, 1916) | Scharff et al. 1997 | |
| Fukomysmechowii (Peters, 1881) | Capillaria Zeder, 1800 | Scharff et al. 1997 |
| Inermicapsifermadagascariensis (Davaine, 1870) | Scharff et al. 1997 | |
| Protospiruramuricola (Gedoelst, 1916) | Scharff et al. 1997 | |
| Raillietina Fuhrman, 1920 | Scharff et al. 1997 | |
| Georychuscapensis (Pallas, 1778) | Coenurusspalacis Diesing, 1864 | Diesing 1864 |
| Echinococcus Rudolphi, 1801 | De Graaff 1964; Hüttner and Romig 2009 | |
| Trichuris Roederer, 1761 | Lutermann et al. 2012 | |
| Heliophobiusargenteocinereus Peters, 1846 | Eimeriaburdai Koudela et al., 2000 | Koudela et al. 2000 |
| Eimeriaheliophobii Modrý et al., 2005 | Modrý et al. 2005 | |
| Eimerianafuko Modrý et al., 2005 | Modrý et al. 2005 | |
| Eimeriayamikamiae Modrý et al., 2005 | Modrý et al. 2005 | |
| Inermicapsiferarvicanthidis (Kofend, 1917) | Baruš et al. 2003; Tenora et al. 2003 | |
| Protospiruramuricola (Gedoelst, 1916) | Baruš et al. 2003; Tenora et al. 2003 | |
| Heterocephalusglaber Rüppell, 1842 | Eimeriaheterocephali Levine & Ivens, 1965 | Levine and Ivens 1965 |
| Tachyoryctessplendens (Rüppell, 1835) | Taeniabrauni Setti, 1897 | Fain 1956 |
| Tachyoryctesmacrocephalus (Rüppell, 1842) | Ascaropsafricana (Sandground, 1933) | Schmidt and Canaris 1968 |