Species Babesia tachyglossi Backhouse & Bollinger, 1959

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Regional Maps

• Babesia tachyglossi Backhouse T.C. & Bolliger A. 1959. Babesia tachglossi n. sp. from the echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus. Journal of Protozoology 6: 320-322.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792) [TACHYGLOSSIDAE] Short-beaked Echidna (blood)).

Associated Fauna References

Backhouse T.C. & Bolliger A. 1959. Babesia tachglossi n. sp. from the echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus. Journal of Protozoology 6: 320-322 (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

Ristic, M. & Lewis, G.E. 1977. Babesia in man and wild and laboratory-adapted mammals. pp. 53-76 in Kreier, J.P. (ed.). Parasitic Protozoa. New York : Academic Press. (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

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