Haematopinus oliveri - Wikipedia
WEBHaematopinus oliveri, known commonly as the pygmy hog-sucking louse, is a critically endangered species of insect in the suborder Anoplura, the sucking lice. It is an ectoparasite found only on another critically endangered species, the pygmy hog ( …
Pygmy hog - Wikipedia
WEBThe pygmy hog (Porcula salvania) is a very small and endangered species of pig and the only species in the genus Porcula. Endemic to India, the pygmy hog is a suid native of the alluvial grasslands in the foothills of the Himalayas, at elevations of up to 300 m (980 ft).
Haematopinus suis - Wikipedia
WEBHaematopinus suis, the hog louse, is one of the largest members of the louse suborder Anoplura, which consists of sucking lice that commonly afflict a number of mammals. H. suis is found almost solely on the skin surface of swine, and takes several blood meals a day from its host. [1]
Louse, Pygmy Hog Sucking - Encyclopedia.com
WEBThe pygmy hog sucking louse is a parasite, or an organism that lives on or in another organism (called a host) and gets its nourishment from that host. The louse lives only on the pygmy hog, the smallest of all pig species.
Pygmy Hog-sucking Louse (Haematopinus oliveri) - iNaturalist
WEBHaematopinus oliveri, known commonly as the pygmy hog-sucking louse, is a critically endangered species of insect in the suborder Anoplura, the sucking lice. It is an ectoparasite found only on another critically endangered species, the …
Who’s Going to Save the Tapeworms? - NRDC
WEBMay 2, 2016 · And out of all those millions of species, just one parasite has made it onto the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s red list: the critically endangered pygmy hog sucking...
Haematopinus oliveri (Pygmy hog-sucking lice) - The Recently …
WEB<< Back to the Phthiraptera (Louse) database. A website dedicated to documenting the world's recently extinct species of plants, animals, and fungi, as well as "missing" and rediscovered organisms.
Weird Connections – Part III - Wildlife Conservation Trust
WEBTake the case of the critically endangered species of insect, the pygmy hog-sucking louse (Haematopinus oliveri). Yes, lice! An extreme specialist, this blood-sucking ectoparasite is known to survive on only one host species – the pygmy hog, world’s smallest and rarest member of the pig family.
The Scientists Fighting for Parasite Conservation
WEBMay 1, 2022 · Only one animal parasite, the pygmy hog-sucking louse, is currently included on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species, and none are included on...
Haematopinus oliveri Mishra, A. C. & K. N. Singh 1978
WEBHaematopinus oliveri, known commonly as the pygmy hog-sucking louse, is a critically endangered species of insect in the suborder Anoplura, the sucking lice. It is an ectoparasite found only on another critically endangered species, the pygmy hog ( …
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