Updated checklist of helminths found in terrestrial mammals of Argentine Patagonia

Abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>The aim of the present study was to evaluate the state of knowledge about the helminthology of wild mammals in Argentine Patagonia and its link with the conservation of parasite species and biodiversity. To this end, the information included in the previously reported checklist of the helminths found in terrestrial wild mammals of Argentine Patagonia was completed and updated. The methodology used for the search was the same as that previously used, with slight modifications. Eighty-two species of mammals currently inhabit the region, and an additional six species are considered to have become extinct before the 20th century. The reports used to complete and update the information correspond to research done since 2015 to date. Considering the number of records analysed in the previously reported checklist and those of the current update, a total of 1918 helminthological reports for current Patagonian mammals and 2141 on mammal species that inhabited Patagonia before the 20th century were accounted for. It is important to point out that 41% of the 82 species of wild mammals currently inhabiting Patagonia have not been studied helminthologically; 38% of these without helminthological records are either threatened or do not have categorization, and 79% of mammals without helminthological studies have some degree of endemism. Therefore, in order to evaluate conservation priorities, the information about the parasitic richness in Patagonian wild mammals should be substantially increased, especially in those endangered or endemic.</jats:p>

Assessing parasite epidemiology in the epidemiological importance of Patagonian Late Holocene rockshelters using carnivore coprolites in the past: new data from Piedra Parada, Argentina

“…For each case, this sediment was centrifuged at 1500 rpm for 5 min, washed and used to prepare 2 temporary slides. For parasitological identification, the exhaustive list of terrestrial mammal helminths of Patagonia (Fugassa, 2020), taxonomic descriptions of helminths and various handbooks (Soulsby, 1987;Miyazaki, 1991;Foreyt, 2001;Zajac and Conboy, 2012, among others) were used. The classification was performed following the higher-level classification system of Anderson (2000) and Anderson et al (2009) for the phylum Nematoda, Khalil et al (1994) and Kuchta et al (2008) for the class Cestoda, Gibson et al (2002), Jones et al (2005) and Bray et al (2008) for the subclass Digenea and Amin (2013) for the phylum Acantocephala.…”

Survey on helminths of bats in the Yucatan Peninsula: infection levels, molecular information and host–parasite networks

“…quartus is reported for the first time from C . villosum (Santos and Gibson, 2015 ; Jiménez et al ., 2017 ; Fugassa, 2020 ), a bat species that occurs from southeastern Mexico to South America (Garbino et al ., 2020 ).…”

“…This bat occurs from southeastern Gulf of Mexico to Guyana and Peru, but no previous records of helminths have been reported for it (Torres-Morales et al, 2014;Santos and Gibson, 2015;Jiménez et al, 2017). In addition, N. quartus is reported for the first time from C. villosum (Santos and Gibson, 2015;Jiménez et al, 2017;Fugassa, 2020), a bat species that occurs from southeastern Mexico to South America (Garbino et al, 2020).…”

Trichurid nematodes from South American Camelid: an approach to native assemblages through the parasitology of archaeological sites

“…Importantly, the invasion of free-living animals can also lead to the simultaneous invasion of their parasites, as well as to an increase in the prevalence of indigenous parasites for which they are potential hosts (Torchin et al 2003; Kelly et al 2009). For example, parasitological studies performed in guanacos during the last 40 years have shown a parasite richness made up of numerous helminths typical of domestic mammals (revised in Fugassa 2020). Thus, it is difficult to discern whether some of the species that currently parasitize SACs have a native or a foreign origin.…”