Mammals and their associated chewing 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

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

Proboscidea - Elephants

Elephantidae - Elephants

Genera of lice known from the family:
Haematomyzus [Rhynchophthirina: Haematomyzidae]

  • Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758 - Asian elephant
    • Haematomyzus elephantis Piaget, 1869
  • Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach, 1797) - African elephant
    • Haematomyzus elephantis Piaget, 1869 *


    Last revised:    15 November, 2003

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