Nippostrongylus		Contents		Rev: 12/17/2024
		Classification		Biology and Ecology
		Morphology and Anatomy		Life Cycle
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Classification:

         Chromadorea

Chromadoria

         Rhabditida

Rhabditina

             Infraorder Rhabditomorpha

                 Heligosomoidea

       Heligmonellidae

                    Nippostrongylinae

                  Nippostrongylus Lane, 1923

      

    Synonyms:
     

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Morphology and Anatomy:

Characteristics of the genus:

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Distribution:

Except for the cosmopolitan N. brasiliensis which is parasitic in commensal rats, the genus Nippostrongylus is endemic in the regions from the Malay Peninsula to Australia. Hasegawa et al (2017) speculate that the endemic Nippostrongylus spp. have speciated in that insular or isolated environment. Their hosts are mostly new endemic murines of the respective areas.

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Feeding:

Intesatinal parasites of murines. rodents of the family Muridae, Old World rats and mice.

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Life Cycle:

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Copyright © 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: December 17, 2024.