“…In addition to these cases, there are some reports of animal infections where species-level confirmation had not been performed but which were probably due to C. bantiana (25)(26)(27)(28). In addition to the equine case of this report, animal species affected by this fungus include cats (20,23,(29)(30)(31)(32)(33), dogs (21, 27, 34-36), a snow leopard (24), and an alpaca (37). The predilection of this fungus for the central nervous system (CNS) is also apparent in animals: 58% of previously reported cases had lesions in the brain, and the clinical signs in these were similar to those of humans.…”