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JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE
Volume 66, Issue 3, Pages 333-335Publisher
JAPAN SOC VET SCI
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.66.333
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Callosciurus erythraeus; louse; Neohaematopinus callosciuri
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A species of sucking louse, Neohaematopinus callosciuri, was found for the first time in Japan. The species was found on an invasive species of squirrel, Pallas squirrel, Callosciurus etythraeus, in the Kamakura district, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. A total of 52 lice were obtained from 22 of 104 squirrels captured. The lice were about three times more prevalent in male squirrels than in females and were detected most frequently in the winter. As N. callosciuri has never been reported on wild animals in Japan, this species probably was introduced into Japan along with their host, Pallas squirrels.
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