Table 1.
Indigenous Australian mammals screened for trypanosomes, number of individuals examined and number of positive infections (∗ indicates a positive trypanosome reference).
| Host: common name | Host: species name | Number of hosts examined | Number of hosts positive | Trypanosoma species | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsupial | |||||
| Kowari | Dasyuroides byrnei | 7 | 0 | D | |
| Eastern quoll | Dasyurus viverrinus | 58 | 0 | D, K | |
| Northern brown bandicoot | Isoodon macrourus | 82 | 12 | T. thylacis | B∗, D* |
| Long-nosed bandicoot | Perameles nasuta | 1 | 0 | D | |
| Sugar glider | Petaurus breviceps | 6 | 0 | D, K | |
| Squirrel glider | Petaurus norfolcensis | 5 | 0 | D, K | |
| Common ringtail possum | Pseudocheirus peregrinus | 4 | 0 | D, K | |
| Long-nosed potoroo | Potorous tridactylus | 3 | 0 | D, F, K | |
| Eastern grey kangaroo | Macropus giganteus | 12 | 1 | T. sp. H25 | D, F*,J*, K |
| Red kangaroo | Macropus rufus | 8 | 0 | D, K, S | |
| Southern brown bandicoot | Isoodon obesulus | >23 | >9 | T. vegrandis, T. copemani | E*, S, T* |
| Eastern barred bandicoot | Perameles gunnii | >7 | >1 | T. sp. | E*, F |
| Common wombat | Vombatus ursinus | 21 | 4 | T. copemani | F*, J*, K* |
| Koala | Phascolarctos cinereus | 604 | 439 | T. irwini, T. copemani, T. gilletti | F, K, O*, Q*, R* |
| Brush-tailed possum | Trichosurus vulpecula | 155 | 40^ + 17 | T. cruzi^ + T. sp. H25, T. copemani | A^,F, K, N*, S*, T* |
| Parma wallaby | Macropus parma | 3 | 0 | F, K | |
| Brush-tailed rock-wallaby | Petrogale penicillata | 2 | 1 | T. sp. | F, K* |
| Swamp wallaby | Wallabia bicolour | 5 | 1 | T. sp. | F, J*, K* |
| Bridled nail-tail wallaby | Onychogalea fraenata | 39 | 0 | G | |
| Agile wallaby | Macropus agilis | 2 | 2^ | T. evansi^ | H^ |
| Dusky antechinus | Antechinus swainsonii | 10 | 0 | K | |
| Brush-tailed phascogale | Phascogale tapoatafa | 4 | 0 | K | |
| Tasmanian devil | Sarcophilus harrisii | 4 | 0 | K | |
| Rufus bettong | Aepyprymnus rufescens | 2 | 0 | K | |
| Red-necked wallaby | Macropus rufogriseus | 3 | 0 | K | |
| Purple-necked rock-wallaby | Petrogale purpureicollis | 2 | 0 | K | |
| Yellow-footed rock-wallaby | Petrogale xanthopus | 2 | 0 | K | |
| Quokka | Setonix brachyurus | 22 | 10 | T. copemani | L*, P*, T* |
| Gilbert’s potoroo | Potorous gilbertii | 8 | 8 | T. copemani | L*, P* |
| Woylie | Bettongia penicillata | 1413 | 535 | T. copemani, T. vegrandis, T. sp. H25 | M*, N*, S*, T*, U* |
| Western quoll | Dasyurus geoffroii | 62 | 3 | T. vegrandis | M*, N*, S, T* |
| Dibbler | Parantechinus apicalis | 2 | 1 | T. sp. | N* |
| Common planigale | Planigale maculata | 6 | 1 | T. sp. | N* |
| Golden bandicoot | Isoodon auratus | 12 | 1 | T. sp. | N* |
| Western barred bandicoot | Perameles bougainville | 11 | 0 | N, S | |
| Greater bilby | Macrotis lagotis | 63 | 0 | N, S | |
| Burrowing bettong | Bettongia lesueur | 86 | 7 | T. sp., T. sp. H25 | N*, S, T* |
| Spectacled hare-wallaby | Lagorchestes conspicillatus | 3 | 0 | N | |
| Banded hare-wallaby | Lagostrophus fasciatus | 10 | 1 | T. sp. H25 | N, T* |
| Black-footed rock-wallaby | Petrogale lateralis | 10 | 0 | N | |
| Western grey kangaroo | Macropus fuliginosus | 45 | 29 | T. vegrandis | S, T* |
| Macropus sp. | Macropus sp. (likely robustus) | 2 | 0 | S | |
| Northern quoll | Dasyurus hallucatus | 6 | 0 | S | |
| Western ringtail possum | Pseudocheirus occidentalis | 13 | 0 | S | |
| Tiger quoll | Dasyurus maculatus | 30 | 17 | T. copemani | T* |
| Tammar wallaby | Macropus eugenii | 7 | 3 | T. vegrandis | T* |
| Rodent | |||||
| Water rat | Hydromys chrysogaster | 39 | 1 | T. lewisi | D*, K, N |
| Grassland melomys | Melomys burtoni | 80 | 0 | D | |
| Spinifex hopping mouse | Notomys alexis | 2 | 0 | N | |
| Western chestnut mouse | Pseudomys nanus | 6 | 0 | N | |
| Bush rat | Rattus fuscipes | 67 | 10 | T. lewisi | C*, D*, N* |
| Dusky field rat | Rattus sordidus | ? | 0 | D | |
| Long-haired rat | Rattus villosissimus | ? | 0 | D | |
| Ash-grey mouse | Pseudomys albocinereus | 2 | 1 | ≈ T. lewisi | N* |
| Shark Bay mouse | Pseudomys fieldi | 18 | 3 | T. sp | N* |
| Bat | |||||
| Black flying fox | Pteropus alecto | >67 | >1 | T. pteropi | C*, D* |
| Spectacled flying fox | Pteropus conspicillatus | 41 | 0 | D | |
| Grey-headed flying fox | Pteropus poliocephalus | >7 | 0 | D | |
| Little red flying fox | Pteropus scapulatus | 13 | 0 | D | |
| Dusky leaf-nosed bat | Hipposideros ater | 1 | 1 | T. hipposideri | D* |
| Semon’s leaf-nosed bat | Hipposideros semoni | 1 | 0 | D | |
| Common bent-wing bat | Miniopterus schreibersii | 23 | 0 | D | |
| Eastern long-eared bat | Nyctophilus bifax | 2 | 0 | D | |
| Eastern forest bat | Vespadelus pumilus | 16 | 0 | D | |
| Monotreme | |||||
| Platypus | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | >11 | >6 | T. binneyi | B*, D*, F*, I*, J*, K* |
| Short-beaked echidna | Tachyglossus aculeatus | 3 | 1^ | T. cruzi^ | A^, F |
References: A = Backhouse and Bolliger (1951), B = Mackerras (1958a), C = Mackerras (1958b), D = Mackerras (1959), E = Bettiol et al. (1998), F = Noyes et al. (1999), G = Turni and Smales (2001), H = Reid et al. (2001), I = Jakes et al. (2001), J = Hamilton et al. (2004), K = Hamilton et al. (2005a,b), L = Clark and Spencer (2006), M = Smith et al. (2008), N = Averis et al. (2009), O = McInnes et al. (2009), P = Austen et al. (2009), Q = Mcinnes et al. (2010), R = McInnes et al. (2011), S = Paparini et al. (2011), T = Botero et al. (2013) and U = Thompson et al. (2013), (^ = host experimentally infected with trypanosomes, ≈ = DNA isolate genetically similar to, * = positive host to trypanosomes)