The digestive tracts of 6 silver-haired bats, Lasionycteris noctivagans, from Virginia were examined. Four of the 6 contained the digenetic trematode Urotrematulum attenuatum. Additional collections of this fluke from Ohio and Minnesota are reported. This is the third report of U. attenuatum and the first record of this species from Virginia.
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1 July 2011
The Rare Fluke Urotrematulum attenuatum (Trematoda: Digenea) in Virginia
Ralph P. Eckerlin
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Comparative Parasitology
Vol. 78 • No. 2
July 2011
Vol. 78 • No. 2
July 2011
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Silver-haired Bat
Urotrematidae
Urotrematulum attenuatum
Virginia