| trichuris spp. (nematoda: trichuridae) from two rodents, mastomys natalensis and gerbilliscus vicinus in tanzania. | during a survey of the helminth community of several rodent species in the morogoro region (tanzania), trichuris whipworms (nematoda: trichuridae) were found in the ceca of the natal multimammate mouse, mastomys natalensis and a gerbil, gerbilliscus vicinus (both rodentia: muridae). the taxonomic literature regarding trichuris from african native rodents describes 10 species, but includes few metric and morphologic characters that discriminate between some of the pairs. the whipworms we sampled ... | 2013 | 23560615 |