SummaryThis study was conducted to determine the Eimeria species of Anatolian ground squirrels (Spermophilus xanthoprymnus). Eimeria spp. oocysts were found in all (100%) of seven fecal samples examined by zinc sulphate flotation method. Eimeria morainensis, E. callospermophili, and E. lateralis were detected in Anatolian ground squirrels in Turkey for the first time.
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