''Plasmodium percygarnhami'' is a parasite of the genus '' Plasmodium'' subgenus ''

Vinckeia ''Vinckeia'' is a subgenus of the genus ''Plasmodium'' — all of which are parasitic alveolates. The subgenus ''Vinckeia'' was created by Cyril Garnham in 1964 to accommodate the mammalian parasites other than those infecting the primates. Dia ...

''. As in all ''Plasmodium'' species, ''P. percygarnhami'' has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are

mammal Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or ...

Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by Landau ''et al.'' in 1989.

Distribution

This species is found in Madagascar.

Hosts

The only known host is the lemur ''

Lemur macaco macaco Lemurs ( ) (from Latin ''lemures'' – ghosts or spirits) are wet-nosed primates of the superfamily Lemuroidea (), divided into 8 families and consisting of 15 genera and around 100 existing species. They are endemic to the island of Madag ...

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References

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