Table 3.
Characteristics of species and genotypes within subgenus Nannomonas. See text for explanation
| Species | Genotype | Distribution | Host range | Transmission – recorded high prevalence | Growth in rodents | Satellite DNA repeat size | KDNA minicircle size | Miniexon repeat size |
| Trypanosoma congolense | savannah | Tropical Africa | Wide range of ungulates & other mammals | morsitans, palpalis and fusca groups | + | 369 bp | 850 bp | 760 – 1500 bp |
| forest | West & Central Africa | Pigs, goats. cattle, dogs, Other? | palpalis group | + | ~350 bp | 850 bp | ~800 bp | |
| kilifi or Kenya coast | East Africa | Cattle, sheep, goats. Not pigs Other? | morsitans group | + | 368 bp | 700 bp | ~600 bp | |
| Trypanosoma simiae | Tropical Africa | Suids | Morsitans, palpalis and fusca groups | - | 521 bp | 900 bp | 630 bp | |
| tsavo | East Africa | Suids | morsitans and fusca groups | - | ~540 bp | - | 508 bp | |
| Trypanosoma godfreyi | Tropical Africa | Suids | morsitans and fusca groups | - | 373 bp | 800, 750 bp | ~500 bp |