Eimeria tenggilingi sp. n. from the Scaly Anteater Manis javanica Desmarest in Malaysia*
This investigation was supported by research grant AI 10051, from NIAID, U. S. Public Health Service, awarded to the Department of International Health, School of Medicine (UC ICMR, Hooper Foundation), University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, U.S.A.
Abstract
SYNOPSIS. Eimeria tenggilingi is described from the pangolin or scaly anteater, Manis javanica, in Malaysia. The spheroid to subspheroid oocysts average 18.9 × 17.8 μm. The oocyst wall is composed of 3 layers, each ∼ 0.6 μm thick. The 2 outer layers are striated and yellowish green. The inner layer is dark brown. One or 2 polar granules are present, but an oocyst residuum is absent. Ellipsoid sporocysts average 12.4 × 6.2 μm. A sporocyst residuum is present. This is the first Eimeria species reported from a host in the order Pholidota.
