Table 1.
Percentage of infection of parasites and sampling effort for each Mexican primate species.
| Parasite Phylum | Parasite taxa | A. palliata | A. pigra | A. geoffroyi |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platyhelminthes | Controrchis biliophilus | 10.3% | 2.0% | |
| Nematoda | Ancylostomatid | 1.6% | ||
| Ascarid | 0.8% | |||
| Strongyloides sp. | 2.2% | 13.3% | ||
| Trypanoxyuris sp. | 7.1% | 15.2% | 14.5% | |
| T. atelis | 17.7% | |||
| T. atelophora | 9.7% | |||
| T. minutus | 57.9% | 2.2% | ||
| T. multilabiatus | 10.3% | |||
| T. pigrae | 23.9% | |||
| Sample size | 126 | 46 | 248 | |
| Localities sampled | 9 | 6 | 15 | |
| Forest fragments sampled | 17 | 9 | 26 | |
| Troops sampled | 22 | 10 | 36 | |