''Troglostrongylus'' is a genus of
nematodes which are metastrongyloid lung
parasite
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has ...
s of domestic cats (''
Felis catus
The cat (''Felis catus'') is a domestic species of small carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species in the family Felidae and is commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat to distinguish it from the wild members of t ...
'') and small wild cats (''
Felis lybica'', ''
Lynx rufus
The bobcat (''Lynx rufus''), also known as the red lynx, is a medium-sized cat native to North America. It ranges from southern Canada through most of the contiguous United States to Oaxaca in Mexico. It is listed as Least Concern on the I ...
'', ''
Lynx canadensis'' and ''
Felis chaus
The jungle cat (''Felis chaus''), also called reed cat, swamp cat and jungle lynx, is a medium-sized cat native to the Middle East, the Caucasus, South and Southeast Asia and southern China. It inhabits foremost wetlands like swamps, littora ...
'') through the Middle East and North America.
Species of ''Trichostrongylus'' which have been recognised in felidae include ''T. subcrenatus'', ''T. wilsoni'', and ''T. brevoir''.
[Watson TG ''et al'' (1981) Endoparasites and selected infectious agents in bobcats (''Felis rufus'') from West Virginia and Georgia. ''J Wildl Dis'' 17(4):547-554]
References
Strongylida
Chromadorea genera
Parasitic nematodes of mammals
Parasites of cats
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