| echinococcus vogeli rausch and bernstein, 1972, from the paca, cuniculus paca l. (rodentia: dasyproctidae), in the departamento de santa cruz, bolivia. | among approximately 2,000 mammals examined for helminths in various regions of bolivia during 1983-1987, cysts of echinococcus vogeli rausch and bernstein, 1972, were found in a single paca, cuniculus paca l., collected at la laguna, departamento de santa cruz (lat. 16 degrees 36'w; long. 62 degrees 42's). this record, the first from bolivia, represents a considerable extension of the known geographic range of this species in south america. upon analysis of the morphologic characteristics of the ... | 1988 | 3379522 |