Taenia mustelae is a tapeworm of the genus Taenia from the United States. Adults infect carnivorans such as weasels, skunks, and martens,Kinsella, J.M. 1974. Comparison of helminth parasites of the cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus, from several habitats in Florida. American Museum Novitates 2540:1–12., p. 5; 1988, p. 277; Kinsella, J.M. 1991. Comparison of helminths of three species of mice, Podomys floridanus, Peromyscus gossypinus, and Peromyscus polionotus, from southern Florida. Canadian Journal of Zoology 39:3078–3083., p. 3082 but larvae have been found in rodents such as the Florida mouse (Podomys floridanus)Kinsella, J.M. 1991. Comparison of helminths of three species of mice, Podomys floridanus, Peromyscus gossypinus, and Peromyscus polionotus, from southern Florida. Canadian Journal of Zoology 39:3078–3083., table 2 and the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in FloridaKinsella, J.M. 1988. Comparison of helminths of rice rats, Oryzomys palustris, from freshwater and saltwater marshes in Florida. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 55(2):275–280., p. 277 and the hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) in Florida and Georgia.Kinsella, 1974, pp. 5, 8 These rodents may serve as intermediate hosts.Kinsella, 1991, p. 3082
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