“…The second is the Asian, or Indian, elephant Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758, listed as ‘endangered’ by IUCN. Whereas the biology and host–parasite relationships of vulnerable large mammals have been more intensively studied in other locations, such as African national parks (Southwell, 1921; Thapar, 1925; Fitzsimmons, 1962; Zumpt, 1964; Penzhorn et al , 1994; Kinsella et al , 2004; Brant et al , 2012), the study of the wild mammals of Nepal and their parasites is in its infancy. Our study focuses on schistosomes or blood flukes we have recovered from faecal samples of both elephants and rhinos in and around CNP.…”