%0 Journal Article
%T New Flea and Tick Records for Mountain Lions in Southwestern Arizona
%A Kerry L. Nicholson
%A Paul R. Krausman
%J Wildlife Biology in Practice
%D 2011
%I Sociedade Portuguesa de Vida Selvagem
%X Our understanding of ectoparasite ecology in wild felid populations is limited in free-ranging species and in regions such as Arizona. As part of a larger study, we collected ectoparasites from 4 radio-collared mountain lions (Puma concolor) in Tucson, Arizona (32.189N -110.881E) between January 2006 and December 2007. Ectoparasites were identified as Pulex, a genus of flea not commonly reported on mountain lions. The tick was a nymph of Argas (Alveonasus) cooleyi, a species about which little is known.
%K Argas
%K Flea
%K Pulex irritans
%K Pulex simulans
%K Puma concolor
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.2461/wbp.2011.7.4