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Ticks (Acari: Ixodida) on wild carnivores in Brazil

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The present study reports field data of ticks infesting wild carnivores captured from July 1998 to September 2004 in Brazil. Additional data were obtained from one tick collection and from previous published data of ticks on carnivores in Brazil. During field work, a total of 3437 ticks were collected from 89 Cerdocyon thous (crab-eating-fox), 58 Chrysocyon brachyurus (maned-wolf), 30 Puma concolor (puma), 26 Panthera onca (jaguar), 12 Procyon cancrivorus (crab-eating-raccoon), 4 Speothos venaticus (bush-dog), 6 Pseudalopex vetulus (hoary-fox), 6 Nasua nasua (coati), 6 Leopardus pardalis (ocelot), 2 Leopardus tigrinus (oncilla), 1 Leopardus wiedii (margay), 1 Herpailurus yagouaroundi (jaguarundi), 1 Oncifelis colocolo (pampas-cat), 1 Eira barbara (tayara), 1 Galictis vittata (grison), 1 Lontra longicaudis (neotropical-otter), and 1 Potus flavus (kinkajou). Data obtained from the Acari Collection IBSP included a total of 381 tick specimens collected on 13 C. thous, 8 C. brachyurus, 3 P. concolor, 10 P. onca, 3 P. cancrivorus, 4 N. nasua, 1 L. pardalis, 1 L. wiedii, 4 H. yagouaroundi, 1 Galictis cuja (lesser grison), and 1 L. longicaudis. The only tick infested-carnivore species previously reported in Brazil, for which we do not present any field data are Pseudalopex gymnocercus (pampas fox), Conepatus chinga (Molina’s hog-nosed skunk), and Conepatus semistriatus (striped hog-nosed skunk). We report the first tick records in Brazil on two Felidae species (O. colocolo, H. yagouaroundi), two Canidae species (P. vetulus, S. venaticus), one Procyonidae species (P. flavus) and one Mustelidae (E. barbara). Tick infestation remains unreported for 5 of the 26 Carnivora species native in Brazil: Oncifelis geoffroyi (Geoffroy’s cat), Atelocynus microtis (short-eared dog), Pteronura brasiliensis (giant otter), Mustela africana (Amazon weasel), and Bassaricyon gabbii (olingo). Our field data comprise 16 tick species represented by the genera Amblyomma (12 species), Ixodes (1 species), Dermacentor (1 species), Rhipicephalus (1 species), and Boophilus (1 species). Additional 5 tick species (3 Amblyomma species and 1 species from each of the genera Ixodes and Ornithodoros) were reported in the literature. The most common ticks on Carnivora hosts were Amblyomma ovale (found on 14 host species), Amblyomma cajennense (10 species), Amblyomma aureolatum (10 species), Amblyomma tigrinum (7 species), Amblyomma parvum (7 species), and Boophilus microplus (7 species).

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  1. Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, 05508-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Marcelo B. Labruna, Rodrigo S. P. Jorge, Jean C. R. Silva, Maria Fernanda V. Marvulo, Adriano Pinter, Patrícia M. Ferreira & Fernado Ferreira

  2. Associação para a Conservação dos Carnívoros Neotropicais - Pró-Carnívoros, Atibaia, SP, Brazil

    Dênis A. Sana, Anah Tereza A. Jácomo, Cyntia K. Kashivakura, Mariana M. Furtado, Claudia Ferro, Samuel A. Perez, Leandro Silveira, Ronaldo G. Morato, Valéria A. Conforti, Fernando C. C. Azevedo & Cristiana S. Prada

  3. Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil

    Tarcísio S. Santos JR, Samuel R. Marques & Rose L. G. Morato

  4. Institutos de Pesquisas Ecológicas, Base Pontal, Teodoro Sampaio, SP, Brazil

    Alessandra Nava

  5. Associação Mata Ciliar, Jundiaí, SP, Brazil

    Cristina H. Adania

  6. Parque Zoológico Municipal ‘‘Quinzinho de Barros’‘, Sorocaba, SP, Brazil

    Rodrigo H. F. Teixeira

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    Albério A. B. Gomes

  8. Floresteca Agroflorestal Ltda, Jangada, MT, Brazil

    Adriana F. Batista

  9. Universidade para o Desenvolvimento do Estado e da Região do Pantanal, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil

    Cleber J. R. Alho

  10. Instituto Butantan, Laboratório de Parasitologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Darci M. Barros-Battesti

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Labruna, M.B., Jorge, R.S.P., Sana, D.A. et al. Ticks (Acari: Ixodida) on wild carnivores in Brazil. Exp Appl Acarol 36, 149–163 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-005-2563-1

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