| species of eimeria (apicomplexa: eimeriidae) from tree squirrels (sciurus niger) (rodentia: sciuridae) and analysis of the its1, its2, and 5.8s rdna. | during the winter of 2004, 48 fecal samples were collected from live-trapped fox squirrels (sciurus niger) from central wyoming (natrona county) and examined for species of eimeria. two species, eimeria lancasterensis (prevalence, 65%) and eimeria ontarioensis (prevalence, 27%), were identified. genomic dna sequences its1 and its2 were amplified, cloned, and sequenced. additional sequences from e. lancasterensis isolated from a delmarva fox squirrel (sciurus niger cinereus) collected on chincote ... | 2009 | 19245280 |