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X.—On a New Species of Pentastomum (P. protelis), from the Mesentery of Proteles cristatus; with an Account of its Anatomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2012

W. E. Hoyle
W. E. Hoyle
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Naturalist to the “Challenger” Commission
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For the parasites which form the subject of the present communication, I am indebted to my friend Professor Morrison Watson, who found them in a male specimen of Proteles cristatus, Sparrman, of whose myology he has since published an account. Before entering upon a description of the entozoon, it may be allowable to say a word or two with respect to its host, which is not an animal of everyday occurrence. It was first described a little more than a century ago by Sparrman, the Swedish traveller, as occurring in South Africa, where it is known to the farmers as the “grey jackal”; he gave it the name Viverra cristata. The only point in his description of any present interest is that its stomach “ had nothing but ants in it, or to speak more properly, the white termites,” which might be a valuable hint for any one who had the will and opportunity to investigate the life history of the parasite before us.

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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , December 1883 , pp. 165 - 191
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1883

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