Helminths of the arctic fox, Alopex lagopus (L.), in Greenland

Eight species of intestinal helminths were obtained from 38 arctic foxes, Alopex lagopus (L.), from two localities in Greenland (Thule Air Base and Søndre Strømfjord), viz., Echinoparyphium sp., 13%; Plagiorchis elegans (Rudolphi, 1802), 45%; Cryptocotyle concavum (Creplin, 1825), <3%; Diphyllobo...

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Published in:Canadian Journal of Zoology
Main Authors: Rausch, R. L., Fay, F. H., Williamson, F. S. L.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1983
Subjects:
Arctic
Greenland
Thule Air Base
Alopex lagopus
Arctic Fox
Søndre strømfjord
Thule Air
Thule
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z83-237
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z83-237
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Summary:Eight species of intestinal helminths were obtained from 38 arctic foxes, Alopex lagopus (L.), from two localities in Greenland (Thule Air Base and Søndre Strømfjord), viz., Echinoparyphium sp., 13%; Plagiorchis elegans (Rudolphi, 1802), 45%; Cryptocotyle concavum (Creplin, 1825), <3%; Diphyllobothrium dendriticum (Nitzsch, 1824), 10%; Taenia ovis krabbei Moniez, 1879, 13%; Mesocestoides lineatus (Goeze, 1782), 13%; Toxascaris leonina (von Linstow, 1902), 39%; and Uncinaria stenocephala (Railliet, 1884), <3%. New host and geographic records are reported. Cestodes for which rodents are obligatory intermediate hosts were not recorded, suggesting that the series of foxes was drawn from local populations inhabiting the western coast of Greenland. Helminth–host interactions are briefly discussed.

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