Mammals and their associated lice

Mammal taxonomy Wilson and Reeder, 1992
Common names, and phylogenetic sequence by Wilson and Cole, 2000
Chewing Lice taxonomy (in red) by Robert C Dalgleish
Anoplura taxonomy (in red) from Durden and Musser, 1994

conventions:
          Host probably extinct = †
          Record of host of type species of louse indicated by " * "

Rodentia - Rodents

Agoutidae - Pacas

Genera of lice known from the family:
Macrogyropus [Amblycera: Gyropidae]


Agouti - Pacas

  • Agouti paca (Linnaeus, 1766) - Paca
  • Macrogyropus costalimai (Werneck, 1931) *
  • Agouti taczanowskii (Stolzmann, 1865) - Mountain Paca


  • Last revised:    13 November, 2003

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