Morphological and Molecular Identification of Nematodes in The Tayra Eira Barbara from Campeche, Mexico.

ABSTRACT: The tayra Eira barbara is a Neotropical mustelid considered as an endangered species by Mexican environmental authorities. Despite the considerable information available on the biology and ecology of E. barbara, little is known about its helminth fauna. Here, we provided new records of nematodes from a road-killed tayra in Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico. The species identification of nematodes was based on morphological studies and molecular analysis of fragments of the 28S gene. The tayra specimen was infected by three nematodes: Molineus sp., Physalopterinae gen. sp. and Angiostrongylus vasosum. To our knowledge, this study is the first to report the natural infection of E. barbara with Molineus sp. and Physalopterinae gen. sp. Our study provides the

SUBMITTER: Panti-May JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8647953 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature