02219nas a2200277   4500008004100000245007800041210006900119260000900188300001400197490000700211520141600218653001201634653001701646653001001663653001501673653001301688653001101701653001601712653001601728653001701744653001401761100001501775700001801790700002001808856011301828       1996                        eng d00aLarger ectoparasites of the Idaho ground squirrel (Spermophilus brunneus)0 aLarger ectoparasites of the Idaho ground squirrel Spermophilus b  c1996  a237 - 2460 v563 aWe sampled both subspecies of the Idaho ground squirrel (Spermophilus brunneus) to document die larger ectoparasites of this rare endemic. S. b. brunneus was host (+ = new host record, * = new Idaho record) to 4 flea species (Neopsylla inopina+, Oropsylla idahoensis+, O. tuberculata, and Thrassis pandorae+), 1 tick (Ixodes sculptus+), and an eyeworm (Nematoda: Rhabditis orbitalis*+, also 1st records from Sciuridae); S. b. endemicus was host to a louse species (Neohaematopinus laeviusculus+), 5 flea taxa (Rhadinopsylla sp.+, O. t. tuberculata, Thrassis f. francisi+, T. f. barnesi+, and T. f. rockwoodi), and a mite (Androlaelaps fahrenholzi+). Spermophilus brunneus had fewer known ectoparasite species than other congeners. Although all of their parasites had many other hosts, S. b. endemicus and S. b. brunneus shared only a single parasite species in common, whereas all but one of their ectoparasites also occurred on die closely related Townsend's ground squirrel (S. townsendii). The proportion of parasitized individuals and the parasite loads per individual were significantly lower in S. b. brunneus, which Lives in small, isolated populations, than in S. b. endemicus, which has larger less fragmented populations, suggesting a relationship between host population structure,parasite loads, and parasite species diversity hll but one of the flea species have been linked to plague transmission.10abiology10aectoparasite10aIdaho10ainfections10aNematoda10aplague10apopulations10arhabditidae10aSpermophilus10asquirrels1 aYensen, E.1 aBaird, C., R.1 aSherman, P., W.  uhttps://phthiraptera.myspecies.info/content/larger-ectoparasites-idaho-ground-squirrel-spermophilus-brunneus