Helminth parasite communities in four species of sympatric macropodids in western Victoria
M. Aussavy A , E. Bernardin A , A. Corrigan B , J. Hufschmid C and I. Beveridge C D
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A Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire, 23 Chemin des Capelles, BP 87614, 31076 Toulouse cedex 03, France.
B Parks Victoria, Halls Gap, Vic. 3381, Australia. Current address: Ecodiversity, 272 Yellowbox Road, The Angle, NSW 2620, Australia.
C University of Melbourne, Veterinary Clinical Centre, Werribee, Vic. 3030, Australia.
D Corresponding author. Email: ibeve@unimelb.edu.au
Australian Mammalogy 33(1) 13-20 https://doi.org/10.1071/AM10020
Submitted: 17 July 2010 Accepted: 17 August 2010 Published: 23 March 2011
Abstract
Helminth parasites of Macropus fuliginosus, M. giganteus, M. rufogriseus and Wallabia bicolor were examined in a region of western Victoria, Australia, where all four species of hosts are sympatric. M. fuliginosus and M. giganteus shared most of their parasites while the helminth communities of M. rufogriseus and W. bicolor were distinctive. The sympatric distribution of the host species studied provides evidence in support of the hypothesis that the differences between the parasite communities of M. fuliginosus–M. giganteus compared with those of M. rufogriseus and W. bicolor are due to parasite specificity rather than to host ecological differences. However, lack of detailed data on the ecological differences of these hosts in areas of sympatry prevents more precise conclusions being drawn on the reasons for the distinctiveness of the parasite communities.
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