Mastophorus muris

Mastophorus muris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Secernentea
Order:	Spirurida
Family:	Spiruridae
Genus:	Mastophorus
Species:	M. muris
Binomial name
Mastophorus muris (Gmelin, 1790)

Mastophorus muris is a parasitic nematode in the genus Mastophorus. It infects animals such as the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris),^[1] hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus),^[2] and singing vole (Microtus miurus).^[3]

See also

• List of parasites of the marsh rice rat

References

1. ^ Kinsella, 1988, table 1
2. ^ Kinsella, 1974, p. 9
3. ^ Cole and Wilson, 2010, p. 84

Literature cited

• Cole, F.R. and Wilson, D.E. 2010. Microtus miurus (Rodentia: Cricetidae). Mammalian Species 42(855):75–89.
• Kinsella, J.M. 1974. Comparison of helminth parasites of the cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus, from several habitats in Florida. American Museum Novitates 2540:1–12.
• Kinsella, J.M. 1988. Comparison of helminths of rice rats, Oryzomys palustris, from freshwater and saltwater marshes in Florida. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 55(2):275–280.