“…In the Afrotropical region, less is known, with only a few comprehensive studies conducted in North and West Africa (Behnke et al ., 2000, 2004; Barnard et al ., 2003; Fichet-Calvet et al ., 2003; Brouat et al ., 2007). In South Africa, current information is limited and studies documenting the helminth fauna of small mammals are restricted to incidental observations of a taxonomic nature (Ortlepp, 1939; Verster, 1960; Collins, 1972; Durette-Desset & Digiani, 2005), or focus on single-species and single-locality investigations (Froeschke et al ., 2013; Froeschke & Matthee, 2014; Lutermann et al ., 2014, 2015). More recently, research has been initiated on the diversity and ecology of helminths associated with the rodent genus Rhabdomys Thomas across South Africa and parts of Namibia (Froeschke et al ., 2010; Spickett et al ., 2017).…”