Host taxa for THEILERIIDAE

Animal Hosts

ARACHNIDA

IXODIDAE

• Haemaphysalis bancrofti Nuttall & Warburton, 1915 — Wallaby Tick
      Theileria mutans (Theiler, 1906) [THEILERIIDAE]

EUTHERIA

BOVIDAE

• Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 — Ox
      Theileria buffeli Neveu-Lemaire, 1912 [THEILERIIDAE]
      Theileria mutans (Theiler, 1906) [THEILERIIDAE]
      Theileria orientalis Yakimoff & Soudatschenkoff, 1931 [THEILERIIDAE]
      Theileria sergenti Yakimoff & Dekhtereff, 1930 [THEILERIIDAE]
• Bubalus bubalis (Linnaeus, 1758) — Water Buffalo
      Theileria mutans (Theiler, 1906) [THEILERIIDAE]
• Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 — Sheep
      Theileria mutans (Theiler, 1906) [THEILERIIDAE]

EQUIDAE

• Equus (Equus) caballus Linnaeus, 1758 — Horse
      Theileria equi (Laveran, 1901) [THEILERIIDAE]

MARSUPIALIA

PERAMELIDAE

• Isoodon obesulus (Shaw, 1797) — Southern Brown Bandicoot
      Theileria peramelis Mackerras, 1959 [THEILERIIDAE]
• Perameles nasuta Geoffroy, 1804 — Long-nosed Bandicoot
      Theileria peramelis Mackerras, 1959 [THEILERIIDAE]

POTOROIDAE

• Potorous gilberti (Gould, 1841) — Gilbert’s Potoroo
      Theileria gilberti Lee, Ryan, Jeffries, McInnes, Forshaw, Friend & Irwin, 2009 [THEILERIIDAE]
• Potorous tridactylus (Kerr, 1792) — Long-nosed Potoroo
      Theileria peramelis Mackerras, 1959 [THEILERIIDAE]

PROTOTHERIA

ORNITHORHYNCHIDAE

• Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799) — Platypus
      Theileria ornithorhynchi Mackerras, 1959 [THEILERIIDAE]

TACHYGLOSSIDAE

• Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792) — Short-beaked Echidna
      Theileria tachyglossi Priestley, 1915 [THEILERIIDAE]

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