Iranian Journal of Parasitology (Feb 2010)

First report of Ancylostoma tubaeforme in Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor)

  • MR Youssefi,
  • BA Zaheri,
  • SM Hoseini,
  • SH Hoseini,
  • M Abouhosseini Tabari

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 61 – 63

Abstract

Read online

Ancylostoma tubaeforme was originally described as a separate species parasitizing the cat. The adults of A. tubaeforme are 7 to 12 mm long. A. tubaeforme can be differentiated from the adults of A. braziliense and A. ceylanicum by the presence of three teeth. Here we describe the first re­port of A. tubaeforme in a Persian young female leopard, 2-3 years old, with head and trunk length 120 centimeters, length of tail 98 centimeters and body weight 35 kilograms.

Keywords