Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XXXVI. Arthropod parasites of yellow mongooses, Cynictis penicillata (G. Cuvier, 1829)

Eighty yellow mongooses, Cynictis penicillata, from five localities in Sout h Africa were examined for arthropod parasites. Ten ixodid tick species, of which Haemaphysalis zumpti was the most abundant, prevalent and widely dis tributed, were collected. The mongooses were also infested with two mite sp ecies. Echidnophaga gallinacea was the most abundant of the eight flea spec ies collected. It and Ctenocephalides connatus were present at every locali ty A single biting louse species, Fellcola cynictis, was recovered and it w as the most prevalent ectoparasite on the mongooses.