Considered to have evolved with their hosdts and to be
host-genus specific. Known hosts are Maxomys musschenbroekii
(Musschenbroek’s spiny rat) and Maxomys whiteheadi (Dewi et al., 2015,
Hugot, 1988)
Dewi, K., Hasegawa, H., Fitriana, Y,S., Asakawa, M. 2015. Syphacia
(Syphacia) maxomyos sp. n. (Nematoda: Oxyuridae) from Maxomys spp.
(Rodentia: Muridae) from Sulawesi and Sumatra, Indonesia. ; J. Vet. Med.
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Hugot, J. P. 1988. Les Nematodes Syphaciinae,
parasites de Rongeurs et de Lagomorphes. Mem. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Ser. A.
141: 1-148.