Echinococcus felidis in hippopotamus, South Africa

Excel file: Measurements of Echinococcus felidis rostellar hooks.
1st sheet, protoscolex hooks from two hippopotami.
2nd sheet, adult hooks from a lion (sample identified by A. Verster in the 1960s).
3rd sheet, adult hooks from a lion, based on drawings by Ortlepp (1937).
Measured from hook photographs. Measurements are in micrometers. TL = total length, AL = anterior length, PL = posterior length, TW = total width, GL = guard length, BL = blade length.

Tif files (LZW compressed): Drawings of rostellar hooks of Echinococcus felidis from two hippopotami (new data) and a lion (sample identified by A. Verster in the 1960s), and re-drawings of E. felidis adult hooks from the original description by Ortlepp (1937).