Rodentia, Bowdich, 1821

Seguel, Mauricio & Gottdenker, Nicole, 2017, The diversity and impact of hookworm infections in wildlife, International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 6 (3), pp. 177-194 : 186

4.4. Rodentia

Hookworms have been sporadically described in rodents. Most studies have focused in the nematode species description and little is known about the prevalence and patterns of hookworm infection in this animal group. Monodontus is one of the most common hookworm genera in rodents in the Americas ( Table 12). In Australia, the native water rat ( Hydromys chrysogaster ) harbors Uncinaria hydromydis ( Smales and Cribb, 1997) , and in Malaysia Cyclodontostomum purvisi infects several native murid species ( Balasingam, 1963). In Africa, the greater cane rat ( Thryonomys swinderianus ) is infected by two species of the Acheilostoma genus, of which A. simpsoni is found in the gallbladder and bile ducts of 60% of animals ( Kankam et al., 2009).