Table 2.
Tick infestations on Namibian wildlife. All specimens were collected in Etosha National Park unless otherwise noted.
| Total number of ticks recovered |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tick-host associations | Host common name | Hosts infested/sampled | Prev. | Larvae | Nymphs | Males | Females | Total |
| Amblyomma exornatum | ||||||||
| Varanus albigularis | rock monitor | 3/3 | - | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| Amblyomma latum | ||||||||
| Boaedon capensis | brown house snake | 1/1 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Naja nigricincta | zebra snake | 1/1 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Naja sp. | cobra (subadult) | 1/1 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Psammophis leopardalis | leopard sand snake | 1/1 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Amblyomma marmoreum | ||||||||
| Stigmochelys pardalis | leopard tortoise | 1/1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Hyalomma rufipes | ||||||||
| Diceros bicornis | black rhino | 3/6 | - | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Diceros bicornis 1 | black rhino | 5/6 | - | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Equus quagga 2 | plains zebra | 16/139 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 17 |
| Giraffa camelopardalis | giraffe | 2/2 | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Accipiter badius | Little Banded Goshawk | 1/1 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Creatophora cinerea | Wattled Starling | 2/2 | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Crithagra atrogularis | Black-throated Canary | 1/1 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dicrurus adsimilis | Fork-tailed Drongo | 1/1 | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Halcyon leucocephala | Grey-headed Kingfisher | 1/1 | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Plocepasser mahali 3 | White-browed Sparrow-weaver | 1/25 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ploceus velatus 3 | Southern Masked Weaver | 1/22 | 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pycnonotus nigricans 3 | Red-eyed Bulbul | 1/45 | 2.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lamprotornis nitens | Cape Glossy Starling | 6/48 | 12.5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Hyalomma truncatum | ||||||||
| Diceros bicornis | black rhino | 5/6 | - | 0 | 0 | 31 | 16 | 47 |
| Diceros bicornis 1 | black rhino | 5/6 | - | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 21 |
| Equus quagga 2 | plains zebra | 28/139 | 20.1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 17 | 58 |
| Giraffa camelopardalis | giraffe | 2/2 | - | 0 | 0 | 55 | 20 | 75 |
| Loxodonta africana 2 | African elephant | 8/45 | 17.8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| Panthera leo | lion | 2/3 | - | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Torgos tracheliotus 4 | Lappet-faced Vulture | 1/9 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rhipicentor bicornis | ||||||||
| Panthera leo | lion | 1/3 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rhipicentor nuttalli | ||||||||
| Canis mesomelas 2 | black-backed jackal | 1/99 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rhipicephalus evertsi mimeticus | ||||||||
| Equus quagga 2 | plains zebra | 127/139 | 91.4 | 0 | 1 | 469 | 108 | 578 |
| Antidorcas marsupialis 2 | springbok | 2/13 | 15.4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Hippotragus niger | sable antelope | 1/1 | - | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Otocyon megalotis | bat-eared fox | 1/1 | - | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Rhipicephalus gertrudae | 0 | |||||||
| Diceros bicornis 1 | black rhino | 5/6 | - | 0 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 40 |
| Rhipicephalus sulcatus | ||||||||
| Equus quagga 2 | plains zebra | 1/139 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Canis mesomelas 2 | black-backed jackal | 11/99 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 17 |
| Crocuta crocuta | spotted hyena | 1/2 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Rhipicephalus theileri | ||||||||
| Mellivora capensis | honey badger | 1/1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Xerus inauris | ground squirrel | 3/3 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Rhipicephalus turanicus | ||||||||
| Canis mesomelas 2 | black-backed jackal | 7/99 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| Equus quagga 2 | plains zebra | 1/139 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Melierax canorus | Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk | 1/1 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Otocyon megalotis | bat-eared fox | 1/1 | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Panthera leo | lion | 1/3 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Proteles cristata 5 | aardwolf | 1/1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1
sampled in Hardap National Park, Namibia
2
includes some re-sampling of marked individuals, see Methods for details
3
individuals sampled were either from Okaukuejo in ENP or from Windpoort Farm located south of ENP
4
infested individual was an adult, all others sampled were chicks in the nest
5
roadkill sampled on the B1 highway in the Otjozondjupa region of Namibia