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. 2024 Feb 8;23:100913. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2024.100913

Table 2.

Host records of Echinococcus oligarthra.

Host species area Reference (exempl.)
Definitive host species
Felidae:
Herpailurus yagouaroundi (Jaguarundi) Panama, Colombia, Brazil Rausch and D’Alessandro, 2002; Schwantes et al. (2021)
Leopardus pardalis (Ocelot) Colombia, Argentina Rausch and D’Alessandro, 2002; Arrabal et al. (2017)
Leopardus colocolo (Colocolo) Argentina Rausch and D’Alessandro, 2002
Leopardus geoffroyi (Geoffroy's Cat) Argentina Rausch and D’Alessandro, 2002
Lynx rufus (Bobcat) Mexico Salinas-Lopez et al. (1996)
Panthera onca (Jaguar) Panama Rausch and D’Alessandro, 2002
Puma concolor (Puma) Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina Rausch and D’Alessandro, 2002; Arrabal et al. (2017)



Intermediate host species
Rodentia (Caviomorpha)
Cuniculus paca (Lowland Paca) Colombia D'Alessandro et al. (1981)
Dasyprocta azarae (Azara's Agouti) Argentina Arrabal et al. (2017)
Dasyprocta fuliginosa (Black Agouti) Colombia Rausch and D’Alessandro, 2002
Dasyprocta leporina (Common Red-rumped Agouti) Brazil, Venezuela Rausch and D’Alessandro, 2002
Dasyprocta punctata (Central American Agouti) Panama Rausch and D’Alessandro, 2002
Dasyprocta sp. Brazil Rausch and D’Alessandro, 2002
Proechimys guyannensis (Guyenne Spiny-rat) Colombia D'Alessandro et al. (1981)
Proechimys semispinosus (Tomes's Spiny-rat) Panama, Colombia Rausch and D’Alessandro, 2002
Proechimys sp. Colombia D'Alessandro et al. (1981)
Lagomorpha:
Sylvilagus floridanus (Eastern Cottontail) Venezuela Meléndez et al. (1984)
Marsupialia
Didelphis marsupialis (Northern Black-eared Opossum) Colombia Thatcher (1972)