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Coccidia (Eimeriidae) of Rodentia: Sciuridae (squirrels, chipmunks, marmots, prairie dogs)

Compiled by
Donald W. Duszynski¹, Steve J. Upton², and Lee Couch<sup>1

1</sup>Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
²Division of Biology, Kansas State University

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Updated: 18 April 2001
Comments: eimeria@unm.edu (Duszynski)
or coccidia@ksu.edu (Upton)

Order: Rodentia

Family: Sciuridae

Tribe Marmotini: from the monograph by Wilber, Duszynski, Upton, Seville & Corliss, 1998.

Eimeria airculensis Dzerzhinsky & Kairullaev, 1989

Host: Spermophilus fulvus(Yellow ground squirrel)

References: Dzerzhinsky & Kairullaev (1989)

Eimeria beckeri Yakimoff and Sokoloff, 1935

Synonyms: E. ussuriensis; E. taplini

Hosts: Spermophilus beldingi (Belding's ground squirrel); S. fulvus; S. pygmeaus; S. relictus; S. undulatus

Reference: Abenov (1980, Abenov & Svanbaev (1979, 1982); Levine & Ivens (1965); Machulsky (1941, 1949); Svanbaev (1956, 1962); Veluvolu & Levine (1984); Yakimoff and Sokoloff (1935); Yakimoff and Sprinholtz-Schmidt (1939); Zolotareff (1935, 1938)

Eimeria beecheyi Henry, 1932

Synonyms: E. cochisensis; E. asiatici

Hosts: Cynomys gunnisoni (Gunnison's prairie dog); C. leucorus; C. ludovicianus; Marmota flaviventris; Spermophilus beecheyi; S. elegans; S. relictus; S. richardsoni; S. townsendii; S. tridecemlineatus; S. undulatus; S. variegatus; Tamias canipes; T. fordalis; T. obscurus; T. townsendii

Reference: Abenov & Svanbaev (1982); Henry (1932); Hill & Duszynski (1986); Levine & Ivens (1965); Machulsky (1949); Seville (1997); Seville et al. (1992); Seville & Stanton (1993); Shults et al. (1990); Stanton et al. (1992); Tanabe & Okinami (1940); Thomas & Stanton (1994); Wilber et al. (1994)

Eimeria berkinbaevi Abenov & Svanbaev, 1979

Hosts: Spermophilus fulvus (Yellow ground squirrel); S. erythrogenys

Reference: Abenov (1980); Abenov & Svanbaev (1979)

Eimeria callospermophili Henry, 1932

Synonyms: E. assaaensis; E. callispermophili (lapsus calami); E. callosphermophili (lapsus calami); E. callospermephili (lapsus calami); E. citelli; E. monacis; E. os; E. perforoides

Hosts: Cynomys gunnisoni (Gunnison's prairie dog); C. leucurus; C. ludovicianus; Marmota baibacina; M. bobak; M. flaviventris; M. monax; M. sibirica; Spermophilus armatus; S. beecheyi; S. beldingii; S. columbianius; S. citellus; S. elegans; S. erythrogenys; S. franklinii; S. fulvus; S. lateralis; S. mexicanus; S. relictus; S. richardsonii; S. spilosoma; S. townsendii; S. tridecemlineatus; S. undulatus; S. variegatus

Reference: Abenov (1980); Abenov & Svanbaev (1979, 1982); Dzerzhinsky & Kairullaev (1989); Frank (1978); Glebezdin (1978); Kartchner & Becker (1930); Kietzmann & Kietzmann (1987); Machulsky (1949); Pellerdy & Babos (1953); Rysavy (1957); Sassuchin & Rauschenbach (1932); Svanbaev (1960, 1962); Veluvolu & Levine (1984); Yakimoff & Sokoloff (1935); Zolotareff (1935, 1938)

Eimeria citelli Kartchner & Becker, 1930

Hosts: Spermophilus beldingi (Belding's ground squirrel); S. citellus; S. erythrogenys; S. fulvus; S. relictus; S. tridecemlineatus; S. undulatus

Reference: Abenov (1980); Abenov & Svanbaev (1979, 1982); Dzerzhinsky & Kairullev (1989); Frank (1978); Glebezdin (1978); Kartchner & Becker (1930); Kietzmann & Kietzmann (1987); Machulsky (1949); Pellerdy & Babos (1953); Rysavy (1957); Sassuchin & Rauschenbach (1932); Svanbaev (1960, 1962); Veluvolu & Levine (1984); Yakimoff & Sokoloff (1935); Zolotareff (1935, 1938)

Eimeria cynomysis Andrews, 1928

Synonyms: E. bilamellata Henry, 1932; E. eubeckeri Hall & Knipling, 1935

Hosts: Cynomys gunnisoni (Gunnison's prairie dog); C. leucorus; C. ludovicianus; Spermophilus armatus; S. beecheyi; S. citellus; S. columbianus; S. elegans; S. franklinii; S. lateralis; S. richardsonii; S. townsendii; S. tridecemlinatus; S. variegatus

Reference: Andrews (1928); Hall & Knipling (1935); Henry (1932); Hilton & Mahrt (1971); Kietzmann & Kietzmann (1987); Pellerdy & Babos (1953); Rysavy (1957); Seville (1997); Seville & Stanton (1993); Seville & Williams (1989); Seville et al. (1992); Shults et al. (1990); Stanton et al. (1992); Thomas & Stanton (1994); Todd et al. (1968); Torbert et al. (1982); Vetterling (1964); Wilber et al. (1994)

Eimeria deserticola Davronov, 1973

Hosts: Spermophilus fulvus (Yellow ground squirrel)

Reference: Davronov (1973)

Eimeria eutamiae Levine, Ivens, & Kruidenier, 1957

Hosts: Tamias dorsalis (Cliff chipmunk)

Reference: Levine et al. (1957)

Eimeria franklinii Hall & Knipling, 1935

Hosts: Spermophilus franlinii (Franklin's ground squirrel)

Reference: Hall & Knipling (1935)

Eimeria giganteos Wilber, Duszynski, Upton, Seville, & Corliss, 1998

Synonyms: E. cynomysis; E. marmotae; E.os

Hosts: Cynomys ludovicianus (Black-tailed prairie dog); Marmota baibacina; M. bobak; M. monax

Reference: Dorney (1965); Fleming et al. (1979); McQuistion & Wright (1984); Nukerbaeva & Abenov (1979); Vetterling (1964); Wilber et al. (1998)

Eimeria hoffmeisteri Levine, Ivens, & Kruidenier, 1957

Hosts: Spermophilus spilosoma (Spotted ground squirrel)

Reference: Levine et al. (1957); Ivens et al. (1959)

Eimeria lateralis Levine, Ivens, & Kruidenier, 1957

Synonyms: E. beldingii; E. larimerensis; E. sarseni; E. tuscarorensis; E. wisconsinensis

Hosts: Cynomys gunnisoni (Gunnison's prairie dog); C. leucurus; C. ludivicianus; Marmota baibacina; M. bobak; M. monax; Spermophilus armatus; S. beecheyi; S. beldingi; S. columbianus; S. elegans; S. lateralis; S. richardsonii; S. spilosoma; S. townsendii; S. tridecemlineatus; S. variegatus; Tamias obscuris; T. striatus

Reference: Broda & Schmidt (1978); Dorney (1962, 1963, 1965, 1966); Duncan (1968); Fleming et al. (1979); Hill & Duszynski (1986); Hilton & Mahrt (1971); Levine et al. (1957); McQuistion & Wright (1984); Nukerbaeva & Abenov (1979); Seville (1997); Seville & Stanton (1993); Seville & Williams (1989); Seville et al. (1992); Shults et al. (1990; Stanton et al. (1992); Thomas & Stanton (1994); Todd & Hammond (1968); Velovolu & Levine (1984); Vetterling (1964); Wilber et al. (1994)

Eimeria ludoviciani Vetterlin, 1964

Hosts: Cynomys leucurus (White-tailed prairie dog); C. ludovicianus

Reference: Seville & Williams (1989; Vetterling (1964)

Eimeria menzbieri Svanbaev, 1963

Hosts: Marmota menzbieri (Menzbier's marmot)

Reference: Svanbaev (1963, 1964)

Eimeria monacis Fish, 1930

Synonyms: E. os; E. perforoides; E. callospermophili

Hosts: Marmota baibacina (Gray marmot); M. bobak; M. marmota; M. menzbieri; M. monax; M. sibirica

Reference: Crouch & Becker (1931); Dorney (1965); Fish (1930); Fleming et al. (1979); Iwanoff (1934); Levine & Ivens (1965); McQuistion & Wright (1984); Machulsky (1949); Nukerbaeva & Abenov (1979); Svanbaev (1963

Eimeria morainensis Torbett, Marquardt, & Carey, 1982

Hosts: Cynomys gunnisoni (Gunnison's prairie dog); C. leucurus; C. ludovicianus; Marmota flaviventris; Spermophilus elegans; S. lateralis; S. richardsonii; S. townsendii; S. tridecemlineatus; S. variegatus

Reference: McAllister et al. (1991); Seville (1997); Seville et al. (1992); Sevillet & Stanton (1993); Shults et al. (1990)Stanton et al. (1992); Thomas & Stanton (1994); Torbett et al. (1982); Wilber et al (1994)

Eimeria os Crouch & Becker, 1931

Synonyms: E. callospermophili; E. giganteos; E. monacis

Hosts: Marmota bobak (Bobak's marmot); M. baibacina; M. caudata; M. menzbieri; M. monax; M. sibirica

Reference: Crouch & Becker (1931); Dorney (1965); Fleming et al. (1979); Levine & Ivens (1965); McQuistion & Wright (1984); Machulsky (1941, 1949); Nukerbaeva & Abenov (1979); Svanbaev (1963); Svanbaev & Rachmatullina (1971)

Eimeria ovata Duncan, 1968

Hosts: Spermophilus lateralis (Golden-mantled ground squirrel); Tamia striatus; T. cinereicollis

Reference: Duncan (1968)

Eimeria pseudospermophili Wilber, Hanelt, VanHorne, & Duszynski, 1994

Hosts: Spermophilus townsendii (Townsend's ground squirrel)

Reference: Seville (1997); Wilber et al. (1994)

Eimeria serbica Couch, Arslan, and Duszynski 2005

Synonyms: Eimeria serbca Pop-Cenitch & Bordjochki, 1957 lapsus calami; E. sciurorum Galli-Valerio, 1922 of Jirovec (1942) and Rysavy (1954)

Hosts: Sciurus anomalus (Caucasian tree squirrel); Sciurus vulgaris (?); S. vulgaris altaicus

Reference: Couch et al. (2005); Jirovec (1942); Nukerbaeva & Svanbaev (1977); Pop-Cenitch &Bordjochki (1957); Rysavy (1954); Rysavy & Cerna (1979)

Eimeria spermophili Hilton & Mahrt, 1971

Hosts: Cynomys gunnisoni (Gunnison's prairie dog); C. leucurus; C. ludovicianus; Marmota flaviventris; Spermophilus elegans; S. franklinii; S. richardsonii

Reference: Hilton & Mahrt (1971); Seville (1997); Seville & Stanton (1993); Shults et al. (1990); Stanton et al. (1992); Thomas & Stanton (1994)

Eimeria surki Nukerbaeva & Abenov, 1979

Hosts: Marmota baibacina (Gray marmot); M. bobak

Reference: Nukerbaeva & Abenov (1979)

Eimeria tamiasciuri Levine, Ivens, & Kruidenier, 1957

Hosts: Microtus montanus (Montane vole); Sciuris aberti; Tamias dorsalis; T. merriami; T. obscurus; Tamiasciuris hudsonicus; T. mearnsi

Reference: Bullock (1959); Dorney (1962, 1963, 1966); Hill & Duszynski (1986); Levine et al. (1957); Mahrt & Chai (1970); Patrick & Wilson (1995); Soon & Dorney (1969): Vance & Duszynski (1985)

Eimeria tamiensis Seville & Patrick, 2001

Hosts: Tamias striatus (Eastern chipmunk)

Reference:Seville & Patrick (2001)

Eimeria vilasi Dorney, 1962

Synonyms: E. adaensis; E. dorsalis; E. morainensis; E. perforoides

Hosts: Cynomys leucurus (White-tailed prairie dog); C. ludovicianus;Marmota monax; Spermophilus mexicanus; S. townsendii; Tamias canipes; T. dorsalis ; T. merriami; T. obscurus; T. striatus; T. townsednii

Reference: Dorney (1962, 1963, 1965, 1966); Duncan (1968); Fleming et al. (1979); Hill & Duszynski (1986); McAllister et al. (1991); McQuistion & Wright (1984); Seville (1997); Wilber et al. (1994)

Eimeria volgensis Sassuchin & Rauschenbach, 1932

Synonyms: E. kazakhstanensis

Hosts: Spermophilus erythrogenys (Red-cheeked ground squirrel); S. pygmaeus; S. relictus; S. undulatus

Reference: Abenov (1980); Abenov & Svanbaev (1982); Levine & Ivens (1965); Machulsky (1949); Sassuchin & Rauschenbach (1932); Svanbaev (1965); Zolotareff (1935, 1938)

Eimeria yukonensis Sampson, 1969

Hosts: Spermophilus undulatus (Long-tailed ground squirrel)

Reference: Sampson (1969)

Junior Synonyms

Eimeria adaensis Wilber et al., 1994

Valid name: E. vilasi

Host: Spermophilus townsendii

Reference: Wilber et al. (1994, 1998)

Eimeria beldingii Velovolu & Levine, 1984

Valid name: E. lateralis

Host: Spermophilus beldingi

Reference: Veluvolu & Levine (1984); Wilber et al. (1998)

Eimeria bilamellata Henry, 1932

Valid name: E. cynomysis

Host: Spermophilus lateralis

Reference: Henry (1932); WIlber et al. (1998)

Eimeria cochisensis Hill & Duszynski, 1986

Valid name: E. beecheyi

Host: Tamias dorsalis

Reference: Hill & Duszynski (1986); Wilber et al. (1998)

Eimeria dorsalis Hill & Duszynski, 1986

Valid name: E. vilasi

Host: Tamias dorsalis

Reference: Hill & Duszynski (1986); Wilber et al. (1998)

Eimeria perforoides Crouch & Becker, 1931

Valid name: E. monacis

Host: Marmota monax

Reference: Crouch & Becker (1931); Wilber et al. (1998)

Eimeria sarseni Nukerbaeva & Abenov, 1979

Valid name: E. lateralis

Host: Marmota bobak

Reference: Nukerbaeva & Abenov (1979); WIlber et al. (1998)

Eimeria tuscarorensis Dorney, 1965

Valid name: E. lateralis

Host: Marmota monax

Reference: Dorney (1965); WIlber et al. (1998)

Eimeria wisconsenensis Dorney, 1962

Valid name: E. lateralis

Host: Tamias striatus

Reference: Dorney (1962); Wilber et al. (1998)

Species inquirendae

Eimeria arctomysi Galli-Valerio, 1931

Host: Marmota marmota

Reference: Wilber et al. (1998)

Remarks: The original description was based on unsporulated oocysts.

Eimeria asiatici Tanabe & Okinami, 1940

Host: Tamias sibericus

Reference: Wilber et al. (1998)

Remarks: The written description and photomicrograph were of too poor quality to justify a new species.

Eimeria marmotae Galli-Valerio, 1923

Host: Marmota marmota

Reference: Wilber et al. (1998)

Remarks: The original description was based on unsporulated oocysts.

Eimeria susliki Svanbaev, 1962

Host: Spermophilus fulvus

Reference: Wilber et al. (1998)

Remarks: There is no illustration and the description is too poor to show this to be a new species.

Eimeria tyanshanensis Svanbaev, 1963

Host: Marmota menzbieri

Reference: Wilber et al. (1998)

Remarks: There is no illustration or specimen for this oocyst and the description is lacking.

Other Species Incomplete List

Eimeria aeromysis Colley & Mullin, 1971

Host: Aeromys tephromelas

Reference: Colley & Mullin (1971)

Eimeria andrewsi Yakimoff & Gousseff, 1935

Host: Sciuris vulgaris

Reference: Golemansky & Duhlinska (1973); Nukerbaev & Svanbaev (1977); Pellerdy (1954); Rysavy & Cerna (1979); Yakimoff & Gousseff (1935)

Eimeria ascotensis Levine & Ivens, 1965

Synonym: Eimeria beecheyi Henry of Tanabe & Okinami (1940)

Host: Sciuris carlinensis; S. niger rufiventer

Reference: Levine & Ivens (1965)

Eimeria bandipurensis Ray, Banik, & Mukherjea, 1965

Host: Funambulus palmarum: F. tristriatus

Reference: Ray et al. (1965)

Eimeria bicrustae Veisov, 1962

Host: Cynomys gunnisoni

Reference: Veisov (1962)

Eimeria botelhoi Carini, 1932

Host: Sciurus (Guerlinguetus) ingrami

Reference: Carini (1932)

Eimeria callosciuri Colley, 1971

Host: Callosciurus prevosti; C. notatus; C. caniceps; C. nigrovitattus

Reference: Colley (1971)

Eimeria confusa Joseph, 1969

Host: Sciurus carlinensis; S. niger

Reference: Joseph (1969)

Eimeria dorneyi Levine & Ivens, 1965

Host: Glaucomys sabrinus

Reference: Levine & Ivens (1965)

Eimeria franchinii Brunelli, 1935

Host: Sciurus vulgaris

Reference: Brunelli (1935)

Eimeria garnhami McMillan, 1958

Host: Xerus erythropus

Reference: McMillan (1958)

Eimeria glaucomydis Roudabush, 1937

Host: Glaucomys volans

Reference: Roudabush (1937)

Eimeria guerlingueti Arcay-de-Peraza, 1981

Host:

Reference: Arcay-de-Peraza (1981)

Eimeria hippuri Colley & Mullin, 1971

Host: Sundasciurus hippurus

Reference: Colley & Mullin (1971)

Eimeria hylopetis Colley & Mullin, 1971

Host: Hylopetes spadicens

Reference: Colley & Mullin (1971)

Eimeria kniplingi Levine & Ivens, 1965

Synonym: E. sciurorum Galli-Valerio, 1922 in part in Knipling & Becker, 1935

Host: Sciurus niger rufiventer

Reference: Knipling & Becker (1935); Levine & Ivens (1965)

Eimeria lancasterensis Joseph, 1969

Host: Sciurus niger rufiventer

Reference: Joseph (1969)

Eimeria larimerensis Vetterling, 1964

Host: Cynomys leucurus; C. ludivicianus; Spermophilus armatus; S. beecheyi; S. lateralis; S. tridecemlineatus; S. variegatus

Reference: Vetterling (1964)

Eimeria luisieri (Galli-Valerio, 1935) Reichenow, 1953

Synonym: Jarrina luisieri Galli-Valerio, 1935; Eimeria [J.] luisieri (Galli-Valerio, 1935) Reichenow, 1953

Host: Sciurus vulgaris var. alpina

Reference: Galli-Valerio (1935); Reichenow (1953)

Eimeria malabarica Chowattukunnel, 1978

Host: Funambulus tristriatus

Reference: Chowattukunnel (1978)

Eimeria malayensis Colley & Mullin, 1971

Host: Petaurista elegans; P. petaurista

Reference: Colley & Mullin (1971)

Eimeria mira Pellerdy, 1954

Synonym: Eimeria pyriformis Lubimov, 1934

Host: Sciuris vulgaris

Reference: Pellerdy (1954)

Eimeria moelleri Levine & Ivens, 1965

Host: Sciuris carolinensis

Reference: Levine & Ivens (1965)

Eimeria neosciuri Prasad, 1960

Host: Sciuris carolinensis; S. vulgaris

Reference: Prasad (1960)

Eimeria notati Colley & Mullin, 1971

Host: Callosciurus notatus

Reference: Colley & Mullin (1971)

Eimeria ontarioeneis Lee & Dorney, 1971

Host: Sciurus carolinensis; S. niger rufiventer

Reference: Lee & Dorney (1971)

Eimeria pahangi Colley & Mullin, 1971

Host: Callosciurus notatus

Reference: Colley & Mullin (1971)

Eimeria parasciurorum Bond & Bovee, 1957

Synonym: Eimeria sciurorum Galli-Valerio of Roudabush (1937)

Host: Glaucomys volens

Reference: Bond & Bovee (1957)

Eimeria petauristae Ray & Singh, 1950

Host: Pateaurista petaurista

Reference: Ray & Singh (1950)

Eimeria sciurorum Galli-Valerio, 1920

Synonyms: Eimeria sciuri Yakinmoff & Terwinsky, 131; E. sciurarum Litvenkova, 1969 lapsus calami; E. seiurorum Litvenkova, 1984 lapsus calami

Host: Sciurus bulgaris alpinus; S. vulgaris; S. aureogaster hypopyrrhus

Reference: Galli-Valerio (1920); Golemansky & Duhlinska (1973); Lainson (1968); Litvenkova (1969, 1984); Nukerbaeva & Svanbaev (1977); Pellerdy (1954); Yakimoff & Terwinsky (1931)

Eimeria silvana Pellerdy, 1954

Host: Sciurus vulgaris

Reference: Golemansky & Duhlinska (1973); Nukerbaeva & Svabaev (1977); Pellerdy (1954)

Eimeria tamariscini Levine & Ivens, 1965

Synonym: Eimeria musculi Yakimoff & Gousseff of Svanbaev (1956)

Host: Tamiasciurus hudsonicus; T. h. loquax; T. hudsonicus mogollensis; T. mearnsi; Microtus montanus arizonensis; Tamias (Eutamias)spp.; Tamias (Eutamias) dorsalis; Tamias (Eutamias) obscurus; Sciurus aberti; S. griseus

Reference: Levine & Ivens (1965); Yakimoff & Gousseff (1956)

Eimeria toddi Dorney, 1962

Host: Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Reference: Dorney (1962)

Eimeria xeri Vassiliades, 1967

Host: Xerux erythropus

Reference: Vassiliades (1967)

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