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Helminth communities of pademelons, Thylogale stigmatica and T. thetis from eastern Australia and Papua New Guinea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2024

J.E. Griffith ,
I. Beveridge ,
N.B. Chilton  and
P.M. Johnson
J.E. Griffith
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
I. Beveridge*
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
N.B. Chilton
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
P.M. Johnson
Affiliation:
Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service, Northern Regional Centre, Pallarenda, Queensland 4810, Australia
*
*Author for correspondence Fax: +61 3 9741 0401 E-mail: i.beveridge@vet.unimelb.edu.au
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Abstract

Gastrointestinal helminths were collected from pademelons of the genus Thylogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) in eastern Australia and Papua New Guinea. Examined were 12 Thylogale stigmatica stigmatica and 13 T. s. wilcoxi, the latter subdivided into eight specimens from the northern limit of their distribution and five from southern areas, all from eastern Queensland, Australia, one T. s. oriomo from Papua New Guinea and ten T. thetis from southeastern Queensland and northern New South Wales, Australia. Six species of cestodes and 40 species of nematodes were found. The helminth community of T. s. stigmatica was similar to that found in northern specimens of T. s. wilcoxi, while differences from the helminth community present in southern T. s. wilcoxi could be accounted for by parasites acquired from sympatric T. thetis. Thylogale thetis harboured a community of helminths distinct from but related to that in T. stigmatica. The evidence suggests that all subspecies of T. stigmatica examined share a common helminth community, but that in areas of sympatry, T. stigmatica and T. thetis share some of their parasites.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 74 , Issue 4 , December 2000 , pp. 307 - 314
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2000

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