Species Eimeria toganmainensis Mykytowycz, 1964

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• Eimeria toganmainensis Mykytowycz, R. 1964. Coccidia in wild populations of the red kangaroo, Megaleia rufa (Desmarest), and the grey kangaroo, Macropus canguru (Muller). Parasitology 54: 105-115.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790 [MACROPODIDAE] Eastern Grey Kangaroo (syn. M. canguru; faeces); Macropus rufus (Desmarest, 1822) [MACROPODIDAE] Red Kangaroo (syn. Megalia rufus; faeces); Macropus rufogriseus (Desmarest, 1817) [MACROPODIDAE] Red-necked Wallaby (syn. M. bennetti; faeces); Macropus eugenii (Desmarest, 1817) [MACROPODIDAE] Tammar Wallaby (faeces); Macropus fuliginosus (Desmarest, 1817) [MACROPODIDAE] Western Grey Kangaroo (faeces)).

Associated Fauna References

Arundel J.H., Beveridge I. & Presidente P.J. 1979. Parasites and pathological findings in enclosed and free-ranging populations of Macropus rufus (Demarest) (Marsupialia) at Menindee, New South Wales. Australian Wildlife Research 6: 361-379 (Macropus rufus)

Barker, I.K., O'Callaghan, M.G. & Beveridge, I. 1989. Host-parasite associations of Eimeria spp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) in kangaroos and wallabies of the genus Macropus (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). International Journal for Parasitology 19: 241-263 (Macropus eugenii; Macropus fuliginosus; Macropus rufogriseus; Macropus giganteus)

Callow, L.L. 1984. Animal Health in Australia. Volume 5. Protozoal and Rickettsial Diseases. Canberra : Aust. Govt. Publ. Service. (Macropus rufus)

Mykytowycz, R. 1964. Coccidia in wild populations of the red kangaroo, Megaleia rufa (Desmarest), and the grey kangaroo, Macropus canguru (Muller). Parasitology 54: 105-115 (Macropus rufus)

Pellerdy, L.P. 1969. Catalogue of Eimeriidea (Protozoa, Sporozoa). Supplementum I. Budapest : Akademiai Kiado. (Macropus rufus)

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