A List of Cestode Parasites from California Mammals

This report brings together information on the occurrence and distribution of cestode parasites in California mammals. The original information reported herein, was obtained by students, myself, and other staff members of this university. Although the host-parasite list which follows is far from complete, the dearth of knowledge about the helminth fauna in California seems to justify the publication of relatively few data, in the hope that other workers will be able to use this list as a starting point and add to it. With few exceptions, the common names of the hosts, as given in the host list, were obtained from Burt and Grossenheider (1952). The keys and descriptions in Wardle and McLeod (1952) were of great help in identification of many of the cestode species. In the parasite list, new locality records within the state, as well as first reports for the state, are indicated by an asterisk after the locality in question