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Some wild hosts of the Karoo paralysis tick, Ixodes rubicundus Neumann, 1904 (Acari : Ixodidae)
Horak, Ivan Gerard; Moolman, L.C.; Fourie, L.J.; Bigalke, R.D.
A variety of mammal and bird species in the Mountain Zebra National Park, eastern Cape Province, were examined for Ixodes rubicundus. In addition, caracal (Felis caracal) from the park and its vicinity as well as from the Graaff-Reinet region of the Karoo were examined. Amongst the animals collected, the red rock rabbit (Pronolagus rupestris) was a preferred host of the immature stages of the tick. Caracal were moderately good hosts of these stages and, with mountain reedbuck (Redunca fulvorufula) and eland (Taurotragus oryx), are the preferred hosts of adult ticks. The seasonal abundance of the various parasitic life stages was also determined.
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