Sarcocystis

Sarcocystis

Sarcocystis is a genus of protozoa. Species in this genus infect reptiles, birds and mammals. The name is dervived from Greek: sarx = flesh and kystis = bladder.There are about 130 recognised species in this genus...

 is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of parasitic protozoa

Protozoa

Protozoa are a diverse group of single-cells eukaryotic organisms, many of which are motile. Throughout history, protozoa have been defined as single-cell protists with animal-like behavior, e.g., movement...

. Species in this genus infect reptiles, birds and mammals. The name is derived from Greek

Greek language

Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...

: sarkos = flesh and kystis = bladder.

There are about 130 recognised species in this genus. Revision of the taxonomy

Taxonomy

Taxonomy is the science of identifying and naming species, and arranging them into a classification. The field of taxonomy, sometimes referred to as "biological taxonomy", revolves around the description and use of taxonomic units, known as taxa...

 of this genus is ongoing and it is possible that all the currently recognised species may in fact be a single species or much smaller number of species that can infect multiple hosts.

The parasite's life cycle typically involves a predator and a prey animal. A single species may infect multiple prey or predator animals. In at least 56 species definitive and intermediate hosts are known. Many species are named after their recognised hosts

Further material on this genus can be found on the Sarcocystis

Sarcocystis

Sarcocystis is a genus of protozoa. Species in this genus infect reptiles, birds and mammals. The name is dervived from Greek: sarx = flesh and kystis = bladder.There are about 130 recognised species in this genus...

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Superorder Euarchontoglires

Euarchontoglires

Euarchontoglires is a clade of mammals, the living members of which are rodents, lagomorphs, treeshrews, colugos and primates .-Evolutionary relationships:...

 

Order Lagomorpha

Lagomorpha

The lagomorphs are the members of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha, of which there are two living families, the Leporidae , and the Ochotonidae...

• rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
• cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus floridanus)

Order Primates

• human (Homo sapiens)
• slow loris (Nycticebus coucang)
• baboon (Papio cynocephalus)
• tamarin (Saguinus oedipus)

Genus Macaca

• crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis)
• rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta)

Order Rodent

Rodent

Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....

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Family Cricetidae

Cricetidae

The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, and New World rats and mice...

• varying lemming (Dicrostonyx richardsoni)
• prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)
• woodrat (Neotoma micropus)
• muskrat (Ondatra zibethica)
• Djungarian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus)
• deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus
  Peromyscus maniculatus
  Peromyscus maniculatus is a rodent native to North America. It is most commonly called the Deer Mouse, although that name is common to most species of Peromyscus and is fairly widespread across the continent, with the major exception being the southeast United States and the far north.Like other...
  
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• cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus)

Family Erinaceidae

Erinaceidae

Erinaceidae is the only living family in the order Erinaceomorpha, which has recently been subsumed with Soricomorpha into the order Eulipotyphla...

• moonrat (Echinosorex gymnura)

Family Muridae

Muridae

Muridae is the largest family of mammals. It contains over 600 species found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia. They have been introduced worldwide. The group includes true mice and rats, gerbils, and relatives....

• bandicoot rat (Bandicota indica)
• African soft-furred rat (Mastomys natalensis)
• house mouse (Mus musculus)
• Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus
  Meriones unguiculatus
  Meriones unguiculatus, the Mongolian Jird or Mongolian Gerbil is a rodent belonging to subfamily Gerbillinae. It is the most widely known species of the Gerbil subfamily, and is the usual gerbil species to be kept as a pet or experimental animal, when it is known as the Domesticated Gerbil...
  
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• Sulawesi giant rat (Paruromys dominator)

Genus Bunomys

Bunomys

Bunomys is a genus of rodent from Sulawesi and Butung Island.-Species:Genus Bunomys*Andrew's Hill Rat, Bunomys andrewsi J. A...

• yellow-haired hill rat (Bunomys chrysocomus)
• fraternal hill rat (Bunomys fratrorum)

Genus Maxomys

Maxomys

Maxomys is a genus of mice, widespread in Southeast Asia. They are mid-sized rodents, similar to rats, that live on the ground of tropical rainforests. There they build nests, padded with fallen leaves from trees. They feed on roots, fallen fruit, and other plants, as well as insects...

• Bartels's spiny rat (Maxomys bartelsii)
• Musschenbroek's spiny rat (Maxomys musschenbroekii)

Genus Rattus

• Polynesian rat (Rattus exulans)
• bush rat (Rattus fuscipes)
• brown rats (Rattus norvegicus)
• yellow-tailed rat (Rattus xanthurus)

Family Sciuridae

• eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus)

Genus Spermophilus

Spermophilus

Spermophilus is a genus of ground squirrels in the family Sciuridae. The majority of ground squirrel species, over 40 in total, are usually placed in this genus...

• Richardson's ground squirrel (Spermophilus richardsonii)
• 13-lined ground squirrels (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus tridecemlineatus)

Superorder Laurasiatheria

Laurasiatheria

Laurasiatheria is a large group of placental mammals believed to have originated on the northern supercontinent of Laurasia. It includes shrews, hedgehogs, pangolins, bats, whales, most hoofed mammals, and carnivorans, among others....

 

Order Artiodactyla

Suborder Ruminantia

Ruminantia

Ruminantia includes many of the well-known large grazing or browsing mammals: among them cattle, goats, sheep, deer, and antelope. All members of the Ruminantia are ruminants: they digest food in two steps, chewing and swallowing in the normal way to begin with, and then regurgitating the...

Family Antilocapridae

• pronghorn (Antilocapra americana)

Family Bovidae

• water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)
• Grant's gazelle (Nanger granti)
• mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus)
• Mongolian gazelle (Procapra gutturosa)
• chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra)
• African buffalo (Syncerus caffer)

Genus Bison

Bison

Members of the genus Bison are large, even-toed ungulates within the subfamily Bovinae. Two extant and four extinct species are recognized...

• bison (Bison bison)
• wisent (Bison bonasus)

Genus Bos

Bos

Bos is the genus of wild and domestic cattle. Bos can be divided into four subgenera: Bos, Bibos, Novibos, and Poephagus, but these divisions are controversial. The genus has five extant species...

• yak (Bos grunniens)
• cattle (Bos taurus)
• dwarf zebu (Bos taurus)

Genus Capra

Capra (genus)

Capra is a genus of mammals, the goats or wild goats, composed of up to nine species including the wild goat, the markhor and several species known as ibex....

• goat (Capra aegagrus hircus)
• alpine ibex (Capra ibex)

Genus Ovis

Ovis

Ovis is a genus of mammals, part of the goat-antelope subfamily of the ruminant family Bovidae. Its five or more highly gregarious species are known as sheep...

• European mouflons (Ovis ammon musimon)
• sheep (Ovis aries)

Family Cervidae

• moose (Alces alces)
• mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
• reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus)

Genus Cervus

Cervus

Cervus is a genus of deer that primarily are native to Eurasia, although one species occurs in northern Africa and another in North America. In addition to the species presently placed in this genus, it has included a whole range of other species now commonly placed in other genera, but some of...

• American elk (Cervus canadensis)
• roe deer (Cervus capreolus)
• hard ground swamp deer (Cervus duvauceli branderi)
• red deer (Cervus elaphus)
• elk (Cervus elaphus)

Genus Dama

Dama

Dama is a village in southern Syria, in As Suwaydā' Governorate. It is located in the heart of the Lejah lava plateau, 29 km north west of the city of As Suwayda....

• fallow deer (Dama dama dama)
• Persian fallow deer (Dama dama mesopotamica)

Family Giraffidae

Giraffidae

The giraffids are ruminant artiodactyl mammals that share a common ancestor with deer and bovids. The biological family Giraffidae, once a diverse group spread throughout Eurasia and Africa, contains only two living members, the giraffe and the okapi. Both are confined to sub-saharan Africa: the...

• giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)

Suborder Suina

Suina

The suborder Suina are lineage of mammals that today includes the families Suidae and Tayassuidae and their fossil kin.- Classification :The suborder Suina includes Suidae and Tayassuidae...

• warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus)
• pig (Sus scrofa scrofa)

Suborder Tylopoda

Tylopoda

Tylopoda is a suborder of terrestrial herbivorous even-toed ungulates belonging to Artiodactyla. They are extant in the wild in their native ranges of South America and Asia, while Australian feral camels are an introduced species. The group has a long fossil history in North America and Europe...

• camel (Camelus dromedarius)
• vicuña (Vicugna vicugna)

Genus Lama

Lama

Lama is a title for a Tibetan teacher of the Dharma. The name is similar to the Sanskrit term guru .Historically, the term was used for venerated spiritual masters or heads of monasteries...

• llama (Lama glama)
• guanaco (Lama guanicoe)
• alpaca (Lama pacos)

Order Carnivora

Carnivora

The diverse order Carnivora |Latin]] carō "flesh", + vorāre "to devour") includes over 260 species of placental mammals. Its members are formally referred to as carnivorans, while the word "carnivore" can refer to any meat-eating animal...

Suborder Caniformia

Caniformia

Caniformia, or Canoidea , is a suborder within the order Carnivora. They typically possess a long snout and non-retractile claws . The Pinnipedia evolved from caniform ancestors and are accordingly assigned to this group...

Family Canidae

Canidae

Canidae is the biological family of carnivorous and omnivorous mammals that includes wolves, foxes, jackals, coyotes, and domestic dogs. A member of this family is called a canid . The Canidae family is divided into two tribes: Canini and Vulpini...

Genus Nyctereutes

Nyctereutes

Nyctereutes is an east Asian genus of the family Canidae, consisting of just one living species, the Raccoon Dog. Nyctereutes appeared about 9.0 Ma, with all but one species becoming extinct before the Pleistocene.-Taxonomy:...

• raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)

Genus Vulpes

Vulpes

Vulpes is a genus of the Canidae family. Its members are referred to as 'true foxes', although there are species in other genera whose common names include the word 'fox'....

• red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Tribe Canini

Canini

Canini may refer to:A notable Italian surname* Angelo Canini, Italian grammarian* Giovanni Angelo Canini, Italian painter and engraver* Marcantonio Canini, Italian painter and sculptor* Michele Canini, Italian footballer...

Genus Canis

Canis

Canis is a genus containing 7 to 10 extant species, including dogs, wolves, coyotes, and jackals, and many extinct species.-Wolves, dogs and dingos:Wolves, dogs and dingos are subspecies of Canis lupus...

• dog (Canis lupus familiaris)
• coyote (Canis latrans)
• wolf (Canis lupus)

Genus Lycaon

Lycaon (genus)

Lycaon is a canid genus comprising two species, the extant L. pictus, known as the African wild dog, painted dog , or African hunting dog; and the extinct L. sekowei....

• wild dog (Lycaon pictus)

Superfamily Pinnipedia

Family Phocidae

• bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus)
• Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi)
• Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi)

Family Otariidae

• northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus)
• sea lion (Zalophus californianus)

Family Mustelidae

Mustelidae

Mustelidae , commonly referred to as the weasel family, are a family of carnivorous mammals. Mustelids are diverse and the largest family in the order Carnivora, at least partly because in the past it has been a catch-all category for many early or poorly differentiated taxa...

• sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
• otter (Lutra lutra)
• European badger (Meles meles)
• skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
• American badger (Taxidea taxus)

Genus Mustela

• common European weasel (Mustela nivalis)
• mink (Mustela vison)

Family Procyonidae

Procyonidae

Procyonidae is a New World family of the order Carnivora. It includes the raccoons, coatis, kinkajous, olingos, ringtails and cacomistles. Procyonids inhabit a wide range of environments, and are generally omnivorous.-Characteristics:...

• raccoon (Procyon lotor)

Family Ursidae

Genus Ursus

Ursus (genus)

Ursus is a genus in the family Ursidae that includes the widely distributed brown bears, the polar bear, and black bears. The name is derived from the Latin ursus, meaning bear.-Species and subspecies of Ursus:...

• black bears (Ursus americanus)
• polar bears (Ursus maritimus)

Suborder Feloidea

Genus Felis

Felis

Felis is a genus of cats in the family Felidae, including the familiar domestic cat and its closest wild relatives. The wild species are distributed widely across Europe, southern and central Asia, and Africa; the domestic cat has been introduced worldwide.Members of the genus Felis are all small...

• cougar (Felis concolor coryi)
• cougar (Felis concolor stanleyana)
• cat (Felis domesticus)
• bobcats (Felis rufus floridanus)

Genus Panthera

Panthera

Panthera is a genus of the family Felidae , which contains four well-known living species: the tiger, the lion, the jaguar, and the leopard. The genus comprises about half of the Pantherinae subfamily, the big cats...

• African lions (Panthera leo)
• leopards (Panthera pardus)
• tigers (Panthera tigris)

Order Cetacea

Cetacea

The order Cetacea includes the marine mammals commonly known as whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Cetus is Latin and is used in biological names to mean "whale"; its original meaning, "large sea animal", was more general. It comes from Ancient Greek , meaning "whale" or "any huge fish or sea...

• beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas)
• Atlantic white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus acutus)
• striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba)

Order Perissodactyla

Genus Equus

Equus (genus)

Equus is a genus of animals in the family Equidae that includes horses, donkeys, and zebras. Within Equidae, Equus is the only extant genus. Like Equidae more broadly, Equus has numerous extinct species known only from fossils. This article deals primarily with the extant species.The term equine...

• donkey (Equus asinus)
• horse (Equus caballus)

Superorder Xenarthra

Xenarthra

The superorder Xenarthra is a group of placental mammals , existent today only in the Americas and represented by anteaters, tree sloths, and armadillos. The origins of the order can be traced back as far as the Paleogene in South America...

 

• Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni)
• nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)

Marsupials 

• Bennett's wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)
• unadorned rock wallaby (Petrogale assimilis)
• Tasmanian pademelon (Thylogale billardierii)

Genus Didelphis

Didelphis

The six species in the genus Didelphis, commonly known as large American opossums, are members of the Didelphimorphia order....

• white-eared opossum (Didelphis albiventris)
• Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana)

Bird species infected

This genus infects at least 11 orders, 22 families, 38 genera and 46 species.

Order Anseriformes

Anseriformes

The order Anseriformes contains about 150 living species of birds in three extant families: the Anhimidae , Anseranatidae , and the Anatidae, which includes over 140 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans.All species in the order are highly adapted for an aquatic existence at...

Family Anatidae

Anatidae

Anatidae is the biological family of birds that includes ducks, geese and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world's continents except Antarctica and on most of the world's islands and island groups...

• redhead duck (Aythya americana)
• Canada goose (Branta canadensis)
• common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
• blue-winged teal (Querquedula discors)

Genus Anas

Anas

Anas is a genus of dabbling ducks. It includes mallards, wigeons, teals, pintails and shovelers in a number of subgenera. Some authorities prefer to elevate the subgenera to genus rank...

• northern pintail (Anas acuta)
• northern shoveler (Anas clypeata)
• blue-winged teal (Anas discors)
• mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
• American black duck (Anas rubripes)
• gadwall (Anas strepera)

Order Ciconiiformes

Ciconiiformes

Traditionally, the order Ciconiiformes has included a variety of large, long-legged wading birds with large bills: storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills, and several others. Ciconiiformes are known from the Late Eocene...

Family Ardeidae

• great blue heron (Ardea herodias)
• green backed herons (Butorides striatus)
• great egret (Casmerodius albus)
• little blue heron (Egretta caerulea)

Family Threskiornithidae

Threskiornithidae

The family Threskiornithidae includes 34 species of large terrestrial and wading birds, falling into two subfamilies, the ibises and the spoonbills. It was formerly known as Plataleidae. The spoonbills and ibises were once thought to be related to other groups of long-legged wading birds in the...

• American white ibis (Eudocimus albus)

Order Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...

Family Scolopacidae

Scolopacidae

The sandpipers are a large family, Scolopacidae, of waders or shorebirds. They include many species called sandpipers, as well as those called by names such as curlew and snipe. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil...

• Wilson's snipe (Gallinago delicata)
• American woodcock (Scolopax minor)

Order Coliiformes

Family Coliidae

• red-faced mousebird (Urocolius indicus)

Order Columbiformes

Columbiformes

Columbiformes are an avian order that includes the very widespread and successful doves and pigeons, classified in the family Columbidae, and the extinct Dodo and the Rodrigues Solitaire, long classified as a second family Raphidae. 313 species, found worldwide, comprise the Columbiformes order....

Family Columbidae

• morning doves (Zenaida macroura)

Order Falconiformes

Falconiformes

The order Falconiformes is a group of about 290 species of birds that comprises the diurnal birds of prey. Raptor classification is difficult and the order is treated in several ways.- Classification problems :...

Family Accipitridae

Accipitridae

The Accipitridae, one of the two major families within the order Accipitriformes , are a family of small to large birds with strongly hooked bills and variable morphology based on diet. They feed on a range of prey items from insects to medium-sized mammals, with a number feeding on carrion and a...

• Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
• goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
• sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
• red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
• bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Family Falconidae

Falconidae

The falcons and caracaras are around 60 species of diurnal birds of prey that make up the family Falconidae. The family is divided into two subfamiles, Polyborinae, which includes the caracaras and forest falcons, and Falconinae, the falcons, kestrels and falconets.-Description:Falcons and...

• falconids (genus Falco
  Falcon
  A falcon is any species of raptor in the genus Falco. The genus contains 37 species, widely distributed throughout Europe, Asia, and North America....
  
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Order Galliformes

Galliformes

Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms...

Family Phasianidae

Phasianidae

The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae...

• wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
• common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
• sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus)

Family Tetraonidae

• capercaillies (Tetrao urogallus)

Order Passeriformes

Family Fringillidae

• canary (Serinus canaria)

Family Icteridae

• great-tailed grackle (Cassidix mexicanus)
• cowbirds (Molothrus ater)
• common crackle (Quiscalus quiscula)

Family Paridae

• great tit (Parus major)

Family Turdidae

• European blackbird (Turdus merula)

Order Pelecaniformes

Pelecaniformes

The Pelecaniformes is a order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally—but erroneously—defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such names as totipalmates or steganopodes...

Family Sulidae

Sulidae

The bird family Sulidae comprises the gannets and boobies. Collectively called sulidas, they are medium-large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish and similar prey. The ten species in this family are often considered congeneric in older sources, placing all in the genus Sula...

• northern gannet (Morus bassanus)

Order Phoenicopteriformes


Family Phoenicopteridae

• lesser flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor)

Order Psittaciformes

Family Psittacidae

• Patagonian conure (Cyanoliseus patagonus)
• budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus)
• thick-billed parrot (Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha)

Order Strigiformes

Family Strigidae

• long-eared owl (Asio otus)
• snowy owls (Nyctea scandiaca)
• northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina)

Family Tytonidae

Tytonidae

Barn-owls are one of the two families of owls, the other being the true owls, Strigidae. They are medium to large sized owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long, strong legs with powerful talons...

Genus Tyto

Tyto

The genus Tyto includes all barn owls except for the bay owls - that is, the true barn owls, the grass owls and the masked owls collectively making up the subfamily Tytoninae...

• European barn owl (Tyto alba)
• masked owl (Tyto novaehollandiae)

Snake

Snake

Snakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales...

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Family Colubridae

• Dahl's whip snake (Coluber najadum)
• Rio tropical racer (Mastigodryas bifossatus)
• gopher snake (Pituophis melanoleucus
  Pituophis melanoleucus
  Pituophis melanoleucus is a harmless colubrid species found in the United States. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.-Description:...
  
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• bullsnake (Pituophis melanoleucus sayi
  Pituophis melanoleucus
  Pituophis melanoleucus is a harmless colubrid species found in the United States. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.-Description:...
  
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Family Elapidae

Elapidae

Elapidae is a family of venomous snakes found in tropical and subtropical regions around the world, terrestrially in Asia, Australia, Africa, North America and South America and aquatically in the Pacific and Indian Oceans...

• tiger snake (Notechis ater)

Family Pythonidae

• black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus)
• carpet python (Morelia spilotes)
• Malaysian reticulated python (Python reticulatus)

Family Viperidae

Viperidae

The Viperidae are a family of venomous snakes found all over the world, except in Antarctica, Australia, Ireland, Madagascar, Hawaii, various other isolated islands, and above the Arctic Circle. All have relatively long, hinged fangs that permit deep penetration and injection of venom. Four...

• southern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix
  Agkistrodon contortrix
  Agkistrodon contortrix is a species of venomous snake found in North America, a member of the Crotalinae subfamily. The more common name for the species is "copperhead". The behavior of Agkistrodon contortrix may lead to accidental encounters with humans...
  
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• Mojave rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus
  Crotalus scutulatus
  Crotalus scutulatus is a venomous pitviper species found in the deserts of the southwestern United States and central Mexico. It is perhaps best known for its potent neurotoxic venom...
  
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• Arabian saw-scaled viper (Echis coloratus
  Echis coloratus
  Echis coloratus is a venomous viper species found in the Middle East and Egypt. No subspecies are currently recognized.-Description: Grows to a maximum length of 75 cm.-Common names:...
  
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• desert viper (Pseudocerastes persicus)
• Palestinian viper (Vipera palaestinae
  Vipera palaestinae
  Vipera palaestinae is a venomous viper species found in the geographical region of Palestine, more specifically, an area spanning western Syria, northwestern Jordan, northern and central Israel, the West Bank and Lebanon. It is considered a leading cause of snakebite within its range...
  
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Lizard

Lizard

Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with nearly 3800 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica as well as most oceanic island chains...

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Family Chamaeleonidae

• Fischer's chameleon (Chamaleo fischeri)

Family Gekkonidae

• Mediterranean house gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus
  Hemidactylus turcicus
  Mediterranean House Gecko, or more commonly Turkish Gecko as it is represented in its Latin name Hemidactylus turcicus is a species of gecko. They are nocturnal and insectivorous, rarely exceeding in length, have large, lidless eyes with elliptical pupils, and yellow- or tan-colored skin with...
  
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• fan-footed gecko (Ptyodactylus guttatus)
• Jordan short-fingered gecko (Stenodactylus grandiceps)

Family Lacertidae

Lacertidae

Lacertidae is the family of the wall lizards, true lizards, or sometimes simply lacertas, which are native to Europe, Africa, and Asia. The group includes the genus Lacerta, which contains some of the most commonly seen lizard species in Europe...

• Gran Canarian giant lizard (Gallotia stehlini)

Family Scincidae

• ocellated skink (Chalcides ocellatus
  Chalcides ocellatus
  Chalcides ocellatus, or Ocellated Skink is a species of skink found in Greece, southern Italy, Malta, and parts of northern Africa....
  
  )

Family Teiidae

Teiidae

Teiidae is a family of lizards native to the Americas, generally known as whiptails. The group includes the parthenogenic genera Cnemidophorus and Aspidoscelis, and the non-parthenogenic Tupinambis. It has over 230 member species in ten genera...

• common ameiva (Ameiva ameiva)

Species infecting mammals

• Sarcocystis americana
• Sarcocystis arieticanis
• Sarcocystis asinus
• Sarcocystis aucheniae
• Sarcocystis bertrami
• Sarcocystis bigemina
• Sarcocystis booliati
• Sarcocystis bovifelis
• Sarcocystis bovicanis
• Sarcocystis bovihominis
• Sarcocystis buffalonis
• Sarcocystis cameli
• Sarcocystis camelopardalis
• Sarcocystis campestris
• Sarcocystis canis
• Sarcocystis capracanis
• Sarcocystis cernae
• Sarcocystis cervicanis
• Sarcocystis cuniculi
• Sarcocystis crotali
• Sarcocystis cruzi
• Sarcocystis cymruensis
• Sarcocystis danzani
• Sarcocystis dasypi
• Sarcocystis debonei
• Sarcocystis diminuta
• Sarcocystis dirumpens
• Sarcocystis dubeyella
• Sarcocystis dubeyi
• Sarcocystis equicanis
• Sarcocystis fayeri
• Sarcocystis felis
• Sarcocystis fusiformis
• Sarcocystis garnhami
• Sarcocystis gigantea
• Sarcocystis giraffae
• Sarcocystis gracilis
• Sarcocystis greineri
• Sarcocystis grueneri
• Sarcocystis hardangeri
• Sarcocystis hemioni
• Sarcocystis hemionilatrantis
• Sarcocystis hericanis
• Sarcocystis hirsuta
• Sarcocystis hofmanni
• Sarcocystis hominis
• Sarcocystis horvathi
• Sarcocystis hircicanis
• Sarcocystis idahoensis
• Sarcocystis inghami
• Sarcocystis jorrini
• Sarcocystis klaseriensis
• Sarcocystis kirkpatricki
• Sarcocystis kortei
• Sarcocystis lamacanis
• Sarcocystis leporum
• Sarcocystis levinei
• Sarcocystis lindemanni
• Sarcocystis lindsayi
• Sarcocystis medusiformis
• Sarcocystis meischeriana
• Sarcocystis mephitisi
• Sarcocystis mihoensis
• Sarcocystis mongolica
• Sarcocystis moulei
• Sarcocystis mucosa
• Sarcocystis murinotechis
• Sarcocystis muris
• Sarcocystis neotomafelis
• Sarcocystis muriviperae
• Sarcocystis neuroma
• Sarcocystis nesbitti
• Sarcocystis odoi
• Sarcocystis orientalis
• Sarcocystis ovicanis
• Sarcocystis ovifelis
• Sarcocystis oviformis
• Sarcocystis ovalis
• Sarcocystis phacochoeri
• Sarcocystis porcifelis
• Sarcocystis rangi
• Sarcocystis rangiferi
• Sarcocystis rauschorum
• Sarcocystis sebeki
• Sarcocystis sibirica
• Sarcocystis sigmodontis
• Sarcocystis suicanis
• Sarcocystis suihominis
• Sarcocystis sulawesiensis
• Sarcocystis sybillensis
• Sarcocystis tarandi
• Sarcocystis tilopodi
• Sarcocystis tenella
• Sarcocystis ursusi
• Sarcocystis wapiti

Species infecting birds

• Sarcocystis accipitris
  Sarcocystis accipitris
  Sarcocystis accipitris is a parasite of the genus Sarcocystis.-Description:This species was described by Cern and Kvasnovsk in 1986.The sarcocysts measure 15 to 17 by 13 to 15 micrometres in diameter.-Clinical features and host pathology:...
  
  
• Sarcocystis cornixi
• Sarcocystis debonei
• Sarcocystis dispersa
• Sarcocystis falcatula
• Sarcocystis horvathi
• Sarcocystis kirmsei
• Sarcocystis phoeniconaii
• Sarcocystis rauschorum
• Sarcocystis rileyi
• Sarcocystis turdi

Species infecting reptiles

• Sarcocystis ameivamastigodryasi
• Sarcocystis atheridis
• Sarcocystis chamaleonis
• Sarcocystis gerbilliechis
• Sarcocystis gongyli
• Sarcocystis idahoensis
• Sarcocystis mitrani
• Sarcocystis murinotechis
• Sarcocystis muriviperae
• Sarcocystis podarcicolubris
• Sarcocystis roudabushi
• Sarcocystis stehlinii
• Sarcocystis stenodactylicolubris
• Sarcocystis turcicii
• Sarcocystis villivilliso
• Sarcocystis zaman

Species infected but parasite not yet identified

A number of species have been identified as being infected with Sarcocytis but the parasite itself has not been identified to species level. These host species include:

• Mammals

pronghorn (Antilocapra americana), yak (Bos grunniens), northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus), camel (Camelus dromedarius), alpine ibex (Capra ibex), hard ground swamp deer (Cervus duvauceli branderi), red deer (Cervus elaphus), Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni), beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas), sea otter (Enhydra lutris), bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus), donkey (Equus asinus), cougars (Felis concolor coryi, Felis concolor stanleyana), bobcat (Felis rufus floridanus), Atlantic white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus acutus), guanaco (Lama guanicoe), alpaca (Lama pacos), otter (Lutra lutra), wild dog (Lycaon pictus), Bartels's spiny rat (Maxomys bartelsii), Musschenbroek's spiny rat (Maxomys musschenbroekii), prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster), common European weasel (Mustela nivalis), mink (Mustela vison), muskrat (Ondatra zibethica), mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus), Grant's gazelle (Nanger granti), slow loris (Nycticebus coucang), African lions (Panthera leo), leopard (Panthera pardus), tiger (Panthera tigris), baboon (Papio cynocephalus), Pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardsi)
chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra), Polynesian rat (Rattus exulans), bush rat (Rattus fuscipes), yellow-tailed rat (Rattus xanthurus), tamarin (Saguinus oedipus), cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus), African buffalo (Syncerus caffer), eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus), polar bear (Ursus maritimus), sea lion (Zalophus californianus) and hainag (also known as dzo

Dzo

A dzo is a hybrid of yak and domestic cattle. The word dzo technically refers to a male hybrid, while a female is known as a dzomo or zhom. Alternative Romanizations of the Tibetan names include zho and zo. In Mongolian it is called khainag...

 or khainag)

• Birds

goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), great blue heron (Ardea herodias), green backed heron (Butorides striatus), great egret (Casmerodius albus), little blue heron (Egretta caerulea), American white ibis (Eudocimus albus), bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), northern gannet (Morus bassanus), yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea), common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), thick-billed parrot (Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha), northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina), capercaillies (Tetrao urogallus), masked owl (Tyto novaehollandiae) and mourning doves (Zenaida macroura)

• Reptiles

southern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix

Agkistrodon contortrix

Agkistrodon contortrix is a species of venomous snake found in North America, a member of the Crotalinae subfamily. The more common name for the species is "copperhead". The behavior of Agkistrodon contortrix may lead to accidental encounters with humans...

), rhinoceros horned viper (Bitis nasicornis

Bitis nasicornis

Bitis nasicornis is a venomous viper species found in the forests of West and Central Africa. A big viper known for its striking color pattern and prominent horns on its nose. No subspecies are recognized.-Description:...

), carpet python (Morelia spilotes) and desert viper (Pseudocerastes persicus)

Hosts infected where parasite species is known

• S. accipitris - canary (Serinus canaria) - sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
• S. ameivamastigodryasi - teiid lizard (Ameiva ameiva) - Rio tropical racer (Mastigodryas bifossatus)
• S. americana - mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
• S. arieticanis - European mouflons (Ovis ammon musimon), sheep (Ovis aries)
• S. asinus - horse (Equus caballus) - dog (Canis familiaris)
• S. atheridis - Nitsche's bush viper (Atheris nitschei nitschei
  Atheris nitschei
  Atheris nitschei is a venomous viper species found in Africa from Uganda and adjacent DR Congo in the north to northern Malawi in the south. Two subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.-Description:...
  
  )
• S. aucheniae - llama (Lama glama), alpaca (Vicugna pacos), vicuña (Vicugna vicugna)
• S. bertrami - horse (Equus caballus) - dog (Canis familiaris)
• S. bigemina - dog (Canis familiaris)
• S. booliati - moonrat (Echinosorex gymnura)
• S. bovifelis - cattle (Bos taurus) - cat (Felis domesticus)
• S. bovicanis - cattle (Bos taurus) - dog (Canis familiaris)
• S. bovihominis - cattle (Bos taurus) - human (Homo sapiens)
• S. buffalonis - water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)
• S. cameli - dog (Canis familiaris)
• S. camelopardalis - giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
• S. campestris - Richardson's ground squirrel (Spermophilus richardsonii), 13-lined ground squirrels (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus tridecemlineatus) - American badger (Taxidea taxus)
• S. canis - Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi), striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba), red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
• S. capracanis - goat (Capra aegagrus hircus), sheep (Ovis aries) - dog (Canis familiaris), red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
• S. cernae - mouse (genus Microtus
  Microtus
  The genus Microtus is a group of voles found in North America, Europe and northern Asia. The genus name refers to the small ears of these animals. There are 62 species in the genus....
  
  ) - falconids (genus Falco
  Falcon
  A falcon is any species of raptor in the genus Falco. The genus contains 37 species, widely distributed throughout Europe, Asia, and North America....
  
  )
• S. cervicanis - roe deer (Cervus capreolus)
• S. chamaleonis - Fischer's chameleon (Chamaleo fischeri)
• S. cornixi - hooded crow (Corvus cornix)
• S. cuniculi - rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) - cat (Felis domesticus)
• S. crotali - house mouse (Mus musculus) - Mojave rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus
  Crotalus scutulatus
  Crotalus scutulatus is a venomous pitviper species found in the deserts of the southwestern United States and central Mexico. It is perhaps best known for its potent neurotoxic venom...
  
  )
• S. cruzi - bison (Bison bison), wisent (Bison bonasus), cattle (Bos taurus) dwarf zebu (Bos taurus) - dog (Canis familiaris), coyote (Canis latrans), wolf (Canis lupus), raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides), raccoon (Procyon lotor), fox (Vulpes
  Vulpes
  Vulpes is a genus of the Canidae family. Its members are referred to as 'true foxes', although there are species in other genera whose common names include the word 'fox'....
  
   species)
• S. cymruensis - bandicoot rats (Bandicota indica), brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) - cat (Felis catus)
• S. danzani - Mongolian gazelle (Procapra gutturosa)
• S. dasypi - nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)
• S. debonei - cowbirds (Molothrus ater), great-tailed grackle (Cassidix mexicanus), common crackle (Quiscalus quiscula) - opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
• S. diminuta - nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)
• S. dirumpens - African soft-furred rat (Mastomys natalensis), house mouse (Mus musculus), brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus
  Meriones unguiculatus
  Meriones unguiculatus, the Mongolian Jird or Mongolian Gerbil is a rodent belonging to subfamily Gerbillinae. It is the most widely known species of the Gerbil subfamily, and is the usual gerbil species to be kept as a pet or experimental animal, when it is known as the Domesticated Gerbil...
  
  ), Djungarian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus)
• S. dispersa - long-eared owl (Asio otus), European barn owl (Tyto alba)
• S. dubeyella - warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus)
• S. dubeyi - water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)
• S. equicanis - horse (Equus caballus) - dog (Canis familiaris)
• S. falcatula - Patagonian conure (Cyanoliseus patagonus), budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus)
• S. fayeri - horse (Equus caballus) - dog (Canis familiaris)
• S. felis - cat (Felis domesticus)
• S. fusiformis - water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) - cat (Felis domesticus)
• S. garnhami - opossum (Didelphis marsupialis)
• S. gerbilliechis - Arabian saw-scaled viper (Echis coloratus
  Echis coloratus
  Echis coloratus is a venomous viper species found in the Middle East and Egypt. No subspecies are currently recognized.-Description: Grows to a maximum length of 75 cm.-Common names:...
  
  )
• S. gigantea - sheep (Ovis aries) - cat (Felis domesticus)
• S. giraffae - giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
• S. gongyli - skink (Chalcides ocellatus
  Chalcides ocellatus
  Chalcides ocellatus, or Ocellated Skink is a species of skink found in Greece, southern Italy, Malta, and parts of northern Africa....
  
  )
• S. gracilis - roe deer (Cervus capreolus) - dog (Canis familiaris)
• S. greineri - Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
• S. grueneri - fallow deer (Dama dama dama), Persian fallow deer (Dama dama mesopotamica), reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus)
• S. hardangeri - reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus)
• S. hemioni - mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
• S. hemionilatrantis - mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) - dog (Canis familiaris), coyote (Canis latrans)
• S. hericanis - goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) - dog (Canis familiaris)
• S. hirsuta - wisent (Bison bonasus), cattle (Bos taurus) - cat (Felis domesticus)
• S. hofmanni - roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), fallow deer (Dama dama dama) - European badger (Meles meles)
• S. hominis - wisent (Bison bonasus), cattle (Bos taurus) - human (Homo sapiens)
• S. horvathi - chicken (Gallus gallus) - dog (Canis familiaris)
• S. hircicanis - goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) - dog (Canis familiaris)
• S. idahoensis - deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus
  Peromyscus maniculatus
  Peromyscus maniculatus is a rodent native to North America. It is most commonly called the Deer Mouse, although that name is common to most species of Peromyscus and is fairly widespread across the continent, with the major exception being the southeast United States and the far north.Like other...
  
  ) - gopher snake (Pituophis melanoleucus
  Pituophis melanoleucus
  Pituophis melanoleucus is a harmless colubrid species found in the United States. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.-Description:...
  
  ), bullsnake (Pituophis melanoleucus sayi
  Pituophis melanoleucus
  Pituophis melanoleucus is a harmless colubrid species found in the United States. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.-Description:...
  
  )
• S. inghami - opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
• S. jorrini - fallow deer (Cervus dama)
• S. klaseriensis - giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
• S. kirmsei - hill mynah (Gracula religiosa)
• S. kirkpatricki - raccoon (Procyon lotor)
• S. kortei - rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta)
• S. leporum - cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus) - cat (Felis domesticus)
• S. levinei - water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) - dog (Canis familiaris)
• S. lindemanni - human (Homo sapiens)
• S. lindsayi - opossum (Didelphis albiventris)
• S. medusiformis - sheep (Ovis aries), pig (Sus scrofa scrofa) - dog (Canis familiaris), cat (Felis domesticus)
• S. meischeriana - pig (Sus scrofa scrofa) - dog (Canis familiaris), raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)
• S. mephitisi - skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
• S. mihoensis - sheep (Ovis aries) - dog (Canis familiaris)
• S. mitrani - skink (Scincus mitranus)
• S. mongolica - Mongolian gazelle (Procapra gutturosa)
• S. moulei - goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) - cat (Felis domesticus)
• S. mucosa - Bennetts wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus), unadorned rock wallabies (Petrogale assimilis), Tasmanian pademelons (Thylogale billardierii)
• S. murinotechis - rat (Rattus norvegicus) - tiger snakes (Notechis ater)
• S. muris - mouse (Mus musculus) - cat (Felis domesticus)
• S. neotomafelis - woodrat (Neotoma micropus)
• S. muriviperae - mouse (Mus musculus) - Palestinian viper (Vipera palaestinae
  Vipera palaestinae
  Vipera palaestinae is a venomous viper species found in the geographical region of Palestine, more specifically, an area spanning western Syria, northwestern Jordan, northern and central Israel, the West Bank and Lebanon. It is considered a leading cause of snakebite within its range...
  
  )
• S. neuroma - horse (Equus caballus), nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), opossums (Didelphis virginiana, Didelphis albiventris), sea otter (Enhydra lutris), cats (Felis domesticus), skunks (Mephitis mephitis), cowbirds (Molothrus ater), raccoons (Procyon lotor)
• S. nesbitti - crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis), rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta)
• S. odoi - white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
• S. orientalis - goat (Capra aegagrus hircus), rat (Rattus norvegicus) - Malaysian reticulated python (Python reticulatus)
• S. ovicanis - sheep (Ovis aries) - dog (Canis familiaris)
• S. ovifelis - sheep (Ovis aries) - cat (Felis domesticus)
• S. oviformis - Norwegian roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)
• S. ovalis - moose (Alces alces)
• S. phacochoeri - warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus)
• S. phoeniconaii - lesser flamingo (Phoeniconaias mirror)
• S. porcifelis - pig (Sus scrofa scrofa) - cat (Felis domesticus)
• S. rangi - reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus)
• S. rangiferi - reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus)
• S. rauschorum - varying lemming (Dicrostonyx richardsoni) - snowy owls (Nyctea scandiaca)
• S. rileyi - northern pintail (Anas acuta), northern shoveler (Anas clypeata), blue-winged teal (Anas discors), mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), American black duck (Anas rubripes), gadwall (Anas strepera) - dog (Canis familiaris)
• S. roudabushi - bullsnake (Pituophis melanoleucus
  Pituophis melanoleucus
  Pituophis melanoleucus is a harmless colubrid species found in the United States. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.-Description:...
  
  )
• S. sebeki - European badger (Meles meles)
• S. sibirica - roe deer (Cervus capreolus)
• S. singaporensis - black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus), reticulated python (Python reticulatus)
• S. sigmodontis - cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus)
• S. stehlinii - Gran Canarian giant lizard (Gallotia stehlini)
• S. stenodactylicolubris - fan-footed gecko (Ptyodactylus guttatus), Jordan short-fingered gecko (Stenodactylus grandiceps) - Dahl's whip snake (Coluber najadum)
• S. suicanis - pig (Sus scrofa scrofa) - dog (Canis familiaris)
• S. suihominis - pig (Sus scrofa scrofa) - human (Homo sapiens)
• S. sulawesiensis - yellow-haired hill rat (Bunomys chrysocomus), fraternal hill rat (Bunomys fratrorum), Sulawesi giant rat (Paruromys dominator)
• S. sybillensis - elk (Cervus elaphus)
• S. tarandi - reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus)
• S. tenella - sheep (Ovis aries) - dog (Canis familiaris), cat (Felis domesticus), red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
• S. tilopodi - guanaco (Lama guanicoe)
• S. turcicii - gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus
  Hemidactylus turcicus
  Mediterranean House Gecko, or more commonly Turkish Gecko as it is represented in its Latin name Hemidactylus turcicus is a species of gecko. They are nocturnal and insectivorous, rarely exceeding in length, have large, lidless eyes with elliptical pupils, and yellow- or tan-colored skin with...
  
  )
• S. turdi - European blackbird (Turdus merula)
• S. ursusi - black bears (Ursus americanus)
• S. villivilliso - black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus), Malaysian reticulated python (Python reticulatus)
• S. wapiti - American elk (Cervus canadensis)
• S. zamani - Malaysian reticulated python (Python reticulatus)

Species infecting cats

Sarcocystis bovifelis

Sarcocystis cymruensis

Sarcocystis felis

Sarcocystis fusiformis

Sarcocystis gigantea

Sarcocystis hirsuta

Sarcocystis leporum

Sarcocystis medusiformis

Sarcocystis moulei

Sarcocystis muris

Sarcocystis ovifelis

Sarcocystis tenella

Species infecting dogs

Sarcocystis asinus

Sarcocystis bertrami

Sarcocystis bigemina

Sarcocystis bovicanis

Sarcocystis cameli

Sarcocystis capracanis

Sarcocystis cruzi

Sarcocystis equicanis

Sarcocystis fayeri

Sarcocystis gracilis

Sarcocystis hemionilatrantis

Sarcocystis hericanis

Sarcocystis horvathi

Sarcocystis levinei

Sarcocystis medusiformis

Sarcocystis meischeriana

Sarcocystis mihoensis

Sarcocystis ovicanis

Sarcocystis rileyi

Sarcocystis suicanis

Sarcocystis tenella

Species infecting sheep

Sarcocystis arieticanis

Sarcocystis tenella (Sarcocystis ovicanis)

Sarcocystis gigantea (Sarcocystis ovifelis)

Sarcocystis medusiformis

Species infecting horses

Sarcocystis asinus

Sarcocystis bertrami

Sarcocystis equicanis

Sarcocystis fayeri

Sarcocystis neurona (Sarcocystis falcatula)

Species infecting pigs

Sarcocystis medusiformis

Sarcocystis meischeriana (Sarcocystis suicanis)

Sarcocystis porcifelis

Sarcocystis suihominis

Species infecting cattle

Sarcocystis bovifelis

Sarcocystis bovihominis (Sarcocystis hominis)

Sarcocystis cruzi (Sarcocystis bovicanis)

Sarcocystis hirsuta

Species infecting water buffalo

Sarcocystis buffalonis

Sarcocystis dubeyi

Sarcocystis fusiformis

Sarcocystis levinei

Species infecting goats

Sarcocystis capracanis

Sarcocystis hericanis

Sarcocystis moulei

Sarcocystis orientalis

Species infecting reindeer

Sarcocystis hardangeri

Sarcocystis rangi

Sarcocystis rangiferi