Species Hepatozoon muris (Balfour, 1906)

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Regional Maps

• Leucocytozoon muris Balfour, A. 1906. A Leucocytozoon of mammals. Report of the Wellcome Research Laboratories at the Gordon Memorial College, Khartoum. Department of Education, Sudan Govt. 110-111 pls xi-xiii [Zoological Record vol. 43].
• Haemogregarina balfouri Laveran, A. 1905. Sur une Hémogregarine des gerboises. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 295-298, 9 text-fig.
• Leucocytozoon ratti Adie, J.R. 1906. Note on a Leucocytozoon found in Mus rattus in the Punjaub. Journal of Tropical Medicine 9: 325-329.

Generic Combinations

• Hepatozoon muris (Balfour, 1906). —
  Wenyon, C.M. 1926. Protozoology. London : Bailliere, Tindall & Cox Pub.
• Haemogregarina muris (Balfour, 1906). —
  Laveran, A. 1905. Sur une Hémogregarine des gerboises. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 295-298, 9 text-fig

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), 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), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) [MURIDAE] Black Rat (blood); Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) [MURIDAE] Brown Rat (syn. Rattus decumanus Pallus, 1778, Mus decumanus; blood); Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) [MURIDAE] Bush Rat (blood); Rattus sordidus (Gould, 1858) [MURIDAE] Canefield Rat (syn. R. conatus; blood); Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758 [MURIDAE] House Mouse (syn. M. domesticus; blood); Rattus sp. [MURIDAE] (blood)).

Associated Fauna References

Cleland, J.B. 1906. The haemogregarine of mammals (H. balfouri), and some notes on rats. Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 9: 296-297 (Rattus norvegicus)

Cleland, J.B. 1908. Some remarks on the natural history and diseases of the rats of Perth and Fremantle, Western Australia. Report of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1908: 516-520 (Rattus sp.)

Johnston, T.H. 1909. Notes on some Australian parasites. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 20: 581-584 (Rattus norvegicus)

Johnston, T.H. 1909/10. Notes and exhibits of entozoa. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34: 217-219, 412-413, 417-418, 590-591 (Rattus norvegicus)

Johnston, T.H. 1910. Notes on some Australian parasites. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 20: 349-353 (Rattus norvegicus; Rattus rattus)

Johnston, T.H. 1918. Notes on certain entozoa of rats and mice, together with a catalogue of the internal parasites recorded as occurring in rodents in Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 30: 53-78 (Rattus rattus)

Johnston, T.H. & Cleland, J.B. 1909. Notes on some parasitic protozoa. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34: 500-513 (Rattus norvegicus; Rattus rattus)

Johnston, T.H. & Cleland, J.B. 1910. Protozoal infections. Report of the Government Bureau of Microbiology 1909: 31-46 (Rattus norvegicus; Rattus rattus)

Mackerras, M.J. 1958. Catalogue of Australian mammals and their recorded internal parasites. Part I. Monotremes and marsupials. Part II. Eutheria. Part III. Introduced herbivora and the domestic pig. Part IV. Man. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 83: 101-160 (Rattus fuscipes; Rattus norvegicus; Rattus rattus; Rattus sp.)

Mackerras, M.J. 1959. The haematozoa of Australian mammals. Australian Journal of Zoology 7: 105-135 (Rattus sordidus; Rattus fuscipes; Rattus norvegicus; Rattus rattus)

Manwell, R.D. 1977. Gregarines and haemogregarines. pp. 1-32 in Kreier, J.P. (ed.). Parasitic Protozoa. New York : Academic Press. (Mus musculus; Rattus sp.)

O'Donoghue, P.J. 1997. Protozoan parasites of wildlife in south-east Queensland. pp. 119-136 in Tribe, A. (ed.). Proceedings of the 1997 Conference of the Australian Association of Veterinary Conservation Biologists. Brisbane : Australian Veterinary Association. (Rattus rattus)

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