Ticks (Acari : Ixodidae) associated with wild animals in the Pantanal region of Brazil

This paper describes the identification of ticks from wild animals of the P antanal region in Brazil as part of a comprehensive study about established and emerging tick-host relationships and related pathological aspects. Eig hty-one animals were captured (representing 13 species, six orders), and. t icks were found on 63 (78%). Tick species identified included Boophilus mic roplus (Canestrini), Amblyomma cajennense (F.), Amblyomma parvum Aragao, Am blyomma pseudoconcolor Aragao, Amblyomma scalpturatum Neumann, Amblyomma no dosum Neumann, Amblyomma ovale Koch, and Amblyomma tigrinum Koch. Dragging from grasslands yielded negative results compared with the high concentrati on of ticks that were collected from leaves in the forests.