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ORYX
Volume 49, Issue 1, Pages 107-110Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605313000628
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Conservation-induced extinction; critically co-endangered; co-extinction; lice; parasites; Phthiraptera
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The co-extinction of parasitic taxa and their host species is considered a common phenomenon in the current global extinction crisis. However, information about the conservation status of parasitic taxa is scarce. We present a global list of co-extinct and critically co-endangered parasitic lice (Phthiraptera), based on published data on their host-specificity and their hosts' conservation status according to the IUCN Red List. We list six co-extinct and 40 (possibly 41) critically co-endangered species. Additionally, we recognize 2-4 species that went extinct as a result of conservation efforts to save their hosts. Conservationists should consider preserving host-specific lice as part of their efforts to save species.
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