Parasites and parasite stages of free-ranging wild lions (Panthera leo) ofnorthern Tanzania

Fecal samples from 33 lions (Panthera leo) in Serengeti National Park and N gorongoro Crater Conservation Area in northern Tanzania contained 19 differ ent parasites, 12 of which, including Aelurostrongylus sp., a species of Ac anthocephala, a species of Anoplocephalidae, Capillaria sp., Demodex sp., E imeria sp., Habronema sp., Isospora felis, Isospora rivolta, one species of Isospora that was previously undescribed from lions, one species of Tremat oda that was previously undescribed from lions, and Trichuris sp., were new reports for lions. Seven other species had been previously reported from l ions.