Mastophorus muris
| Mastophorus muris | |
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| Order: | Spirurida
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| Family: | Spiruridae
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| Species: | M. muris
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| Mastophorus muris (Gmelin, 1790)
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Mastophorus muris is a parasitic nematode in the genus . It infects animals such as the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris),[1] hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus),[2] and singing vole (Microtus miurus).[3]
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Literature cited[]
- Cole, F.R. and Wilson, D.E. 2010. Microtus miurus (Rodentia: Cricetidae). Mammalian Species 42(855):75–89.
- Kinsella, J.M. 1974. Comparison of helminth parasites of the cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus, from several habitats in Florida. American Museum Novitates 2540:1–12.
- Kinsella, J.M. 1988. Comparison of helminths of rice rats, Oryzomys palustris, from freshwater and saltwater marshes in Florida. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 55(2):275–280.
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- Spirurida
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- Parasites of rodents
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