Additional Notes on December Breeding in the Plains Pocket Gopher (Geomys bursarius) in North Texas

Helminth and protozoan parasites of subterranean rodents (Chordata, Mammalia, Rodentia) of the world

“… Pitts et al (2000) reported the additional occurrence of the filarioid nematode, Litomosoides westi from the pleural cavities of Baird’s pocket gopher, Geomys mericanu collected at the entrance of Isle, Du Boris unit, Lake Ray Roberts State Park, Denton County, Texas while L. westi was also documented from the pleural cavities of the Plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius captured near Aubrey, Grubbs Road, same county.…”

“…Lamothe-Argumedo et al (1997) reported Paraspidodera merican Travassos, 1914 from the intestine of Merriam's pocket gopher, Cratogeomys merriami (Thomas, 1893) first collected from Morelos, Cuernavaca, Mexico in 1984. Pitts et al (2000) reported the additional occurrence of the filarioid nematode, Litomosoides westi from the pleural cavities of Baird's pocket gopher, Geomys mericanu collected at the entrance of Isle, Du Boris unit, Lake Ray Roberts State Park, Denton County, Texas while L. westi was also documented from the pleural cavities of the Plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius captured near Aubrey, Grubbs Road, same county. Bartel and Gardner (2000) reported the helminth parasites from the Plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius, from seven localities in the northern boundary range, Minnesota.…”

“…In areas of low pocket gopher density, the prevalence of infection was low (approximately 10%); however, in areas of high gopher density, the prevalence of infection approached 80%. Tryon (1947) speculated that the young Litomosoides westi Gardner & Schmidt, 1986Pitts et al 2000 Monoecocestus anoplocephaloides (Douthitt, 1915) Douthitt 1915 Protospirura ascaroidea Hall, 1916Hall 1916English 1932 Geomys bursarius (Shaw, 1800) Andrya macrocephala Douthitt, 1915Douthitt 1915Hansen 1950;Ubelaker and Downhower 1965;Bartel and Gardner 2000 Anoplocephaloides infrequens (Douthitt, 1915) Douthitt 1915Ubelaker and Downhower 1965;Bartel and Gardner 2000; Anoplocephaloides variabilis (Douthitt, 1915 Hymenolepis geomydis Gardner &Schmidt, 1988 Gardner andSchmidt 1988 Hymenolepis weldensis Gardner &Schmidt, 1988 Gardner andSchmidt 1988;Bartel and Gardner 2000;Haukisalmi et al 2010 Litomosa filaria (Beneden, 1873) Burnham 1953 Litomosoides westi Gardner &Schmidt, 1986 Gardner andSchmidt 1986 Moniliformis clarki (Ward, 1917) Bartel and Gardner 2000Monocercomonoides Travis, 1932Rissky 1962 Monoecocestus anoplocephaloides (Douthitt, 1915) Burnham 1953 Oochoristica Lűhe, 1898 Douthitt 1915…”