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Case Reports
. 2025 Jan 22;48(4):261-263.
doi: 10.4274/tpd.galenos.2024.72324.

New Data on Ectoparasites of the Caucasian Squirrel Sciurus anomalus (Rodentia: Sciuridae) in Türkiye: A Case Report

Gökhan Eren  1
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New Data on Ectoparasites of the Caucasian Squirrel Sciurus anomalus (Rodentia: Sciuridae) in Türkiye: A Case Report

Gökhan Eren. Turkiye Parazitol Derg. .
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Abstract
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Sciurus anomalus Güldenstädt, 1785, known as the Caucasian squirrel, is a rodent distributed in all geographical regions of Türkiye. The material of this study consists of ectoparasites collected from male S. anomalus found dead on the highway (Karasu, Sakarya, Türkiye). As a result of microscopic examination, the specimens were identified: ticks as Ixodes ricinus Linnaeus, 1758 (larvae and nymph), sucking louses as Neohaematopinus syriacus Ferris, 1923 (female), and fleas as Monopsyllus sciurorum sciurorum (Schrank, 1803) (female and male). In this study, the presence of Ixodes ricinus infestation on Sciurus anomalus is reported for the first time in Türkiye.

Kafkas sincabı olarak bilinen Sciurus anomalus Güldenstädt, 1785 Türkiye’nin tüm coğrafik bölgelerinde dağılım gösteren bir rodenttir. Bu çalışmanın materyalini kara yolunda (Karasu, Sakarya, Türkiye) ölü olarak bulunan erkek Sciurus anomalus üzerinden toplanan ektoparazitler oluşturmaktadır. Mikroskobik inceleme sonunda kene örnekleri Ixodes ricinus Linnaeus, 1758 (larva ve nimf), bit örnekleri Neohaematopinus syriacus Ferris, 1923 (dişi), pire örnekleri ise Monopsyllus sciurorum sciurorum (Schrank, 1803) (dişi ve erkek) olarak tanımlanmıştır. Bu çalışmayla birlikte Türkiye’de ilk kez Sciurus anomalus’da Ixodes ricinus enfestasyonu tespit edilmiştir.

Keywords: Ixodes ricinus; Monopsyllus sciurorum sciurorum; Neohaematopinus syriacus; Sciurus anomalus; Türkiye.

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