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Parasite
Volume 1, Number 2, June 1994
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Page(s) | 127 - 130 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/1994012127 | |
Published online | 30 September 2014 |
Mémoire
Geographic distribution of Gongylonema pulchrum and Gongylonema macrogubernaculum from Macaca fuscata in Japan
Distribution géographique au Japon de Gongylonema pulchrum et G. macrogubernaculum chez Macaca fuscata
1
Department of Medical Zoology, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka 545, Japan.
2
Japan Monkey Centre, Inuyama 484.
3
Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama 484.
* Correspondence to: S. Uni
Accepted: 2 May 1994
After a first report on the gullet nematode, Gongylonema pulchrum Molin, 1857, being found in the japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata, in Kyushu, Japan, the geographic distribution of the parasite, a causative agent of gongylonemiasis in cattle and man, was examined in 181 monkeys transferred to the Japan Monkey Centre from 23 sites in Japan, including Yaku-shima (Island). Yaku-shima is included in the World Natural Heritage List of the United Nations for its subtropical forests, which have an unusual variety of plant and animal species.
G. pulchrum was found in M. fuscata yakui monkeys inhabiting Yakushima and M. fuscata fuscata monkeys inhabiting Honshu and an island near Honshu. G. macrogubernaculum was found in M. fuscata yakui monkeys. Comparison of the two kinds of parasite specimens obtained from the variety M. fuscata yakui confirmed that G. macrogubernaculum Lubimov, 1931 is a valid species. Thus, the finding of G. macrogubernaculum constitutes a record of a newly identified host, M. fuscata yakui, and shows that Yaku-shima, Japan, is a natural locality of G. macrogubernaculum.
Résumé
La langue, le pharynx, l'oesophage et les poumons ont été examinés chez 181 macaques japonais Macaca fuscata transférés au "Japan Monkey Centre". Ces singes proviennent de 23 localités différentes dont Yaku-shima, île remarquable par sa faune et sa flore subtropicales, située au sud de Kyushu.
Gongylonema pulchrum (déjà signalé chez M. f. fuscata au Japon) a été retrouvé à Honshu et dans une île voisine et à Yaku-shima chez M. fuscata yakui. G. macrogubernaculum a été trouvé chez un M. f. yakui de Yaku-shima et chez un descendant né en captivité. Les caractères différenciels entre G. pulchrum et G. macrogubernaculum sont précisés.
Key words: Gongylonema pulchrum / Gongylonema macrogubernaculum / Macaca fuscata / Yaku-shima / Japan
Mots clés : Gongylonema pulchrum / Gongylonema macrogubernaculum / Macaca fuscata / Yaku-shima / Japon
© PRINCEPS Editions, Paris, 1994, transferred to Société Française de Parasitologie
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