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Issue: Vol. 5706 No. 1: 9 Oct. 2025
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2025-10-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5706.1.11
Page range: 146-150
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 17

Increasing the list of mammalian parasite species in Mexico: the case of the Chamela Biological Station Collection

Laboratorio de Acarología; Departamento de Biología Comparada; Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Av. Universidad 3000; C.P. 04510; Coyoacán; Ciudad de México; México
Laboratorio de Ecología de Enfermedades y Una Salud; Departamento de Etología; Fauna Silvestre y Animales de Laboratorio; Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Av. Universidad 3000; C.P. 04510; Coyoacán; Ciudad de México; México
Estación de Biología Chamela; Instituto de Biología; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Carretera Federal 200 Barra de Navidad-Puerto Vallarta km. 59; C.P. 48854; La Huerta; Jalisco; México
Acari Mexico

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How to Cite

Guzmán-Cornejo, C., Herrera-Mares, A. & Ramírez-García, E. (2025) Increasing the list of mammalian parasite species in Mexico: the case of the Chamela Biological Station Collection. Zootaxa, 5706 (1), 146–150. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5706.1.11