Table 1.

Recognised species of Cryptosporidium

Species	Host group	Site of infection	References
Cryptosporidium andersoni	Cattle	Abomasum	Lindsay et al. (2000)
Cryptosporidium baileyi	Birds	Bursa, cloaca, intestine	Current et al. (1986)
Cryptosporidium bovis	Cattle	Intestine	Fayer et al. (2005)
Cryptosporidium canis	Canids	Intestine	Fayer et al. (2001)
Cryptosporidium cuniculus	Rabbit, human	Intestine	Inman and Takeuchi (1979)a
Cryptosporidium fayeri	Marsupials	Intestine	Ryan et al. (2008)
Cryptosporidium felis	Cats	Intestine	Iseki (1979)
Cryptosporidium fragile	Amphibians	Intestine	Jirku et al. (2008)
Cryptosporidium galli	Birds	Proventriculus	Pavlasek (1999)b
Cryptosporidium hominis	Humans	Intestine	Morgan-Ryan et al. (2002)
Cryptosporidium macropodum	Marsupials	Intestine	Power and Ryan (2008)
Cryptosporidium meleagridis	Birds (humans)	Intestine	Slavin (1955)
Cryptosporidium molnari	Fishes	Stomach	Alvarez-Pellitero and Sitja-Bobadilla (2002)
Cryptosporidium muris	Rodents	Stomach	Tyzzer (1910)
Cryptosporidium parvum	Mammals (humans)	Intestine	Tyzzer (1912)
Cryptosporidium ryanae	Cattle	Intestine	Fayer et al. (2008)
Cryptosporidium scophthalmic	Fishes	Intestine	Alvarez-Pellitero et al. (2004)
Cryptosporidium scrofarum	Pigs	Intestine	Kváč et al. (2013)
Cryptosporidium serpentis	Snakes	Stomach	Levine (1980)
Cryptosporidium suis	Pigs	Intestine	Ryan et al. (2004)
Cryptosporidium varanii	Reptiles	Intestine	Pavlásek et al. (1995)
Cryptosporidium viatorum	Humans	Intestine	Elwin et al. (2012)
Cryptosporidium wrairi	Rodents	Intestine	Vetterling et al. (1971)
Cryptosporidium xiaoi	Sheep	Intestine	Fayer and Santín (2009)

^aSee Robinson et al. (2010).

^bSee Ryan et al. (2003).

^cNo molecular data available for this ‘species’.