Shirazi Shahrokh, Bahadori Farhad, Mostafaei Tayebeh-Sadat, Ronaghi Hooman
Department of Pathobiology Science and Research branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Turkiye Parazitol Derg. 2013;37(4):299-301. doi: 10.5152/tpd.2013.3085.
The Persian squirrel (Scuirus anomalus) has a long furry tail, which is longer than half of the body, and lives in the Zagros forest. It is distributed in the west and northeast of Asia. In the summer 2011 a Persian squirrel with signs of hair loss and itch in head and tail was referred to the veterinary clinic. There were arthropods in the lesion in the first survey. Many of these parasites were collected and were sent to Parasitology Laboratory of Science and Research University in Tehran. Samples were processed and were identified according to lices diagnostic keys using a light microscope. Lice that were sent to the national parasitology museum were identified as Polyplax sp. too.
波斯松鼠（Sciurus anomalus）有一条毛茸茸的长尾巴，尾巴长度超过身体的一半，生活在扎格罗斯森林中。它分布于亚洲西部和东北部。2011年夏天，一只头部和尾巴有脱毛和瘙痒迹象的波斯松鼠被送到了兽医诊所。首次检查时在病变部位发现了节肢动物。收集了许多这些寄生虫并送往德黑兰科学与研究大学的寄生虫学实验室。对样本进行处理，并使用光学显微镜根据虱子诊断关键特征进行鉴定。送到国家寄生虫学博物馆的虱子也被鉴定为多板虱属（Polyplax sp.）。
