STUDIES ON HELMINTH PARASHTES IN SOME SMALL MAMMALS IN ASSIUT GOVERNORATE II. TREMATODE PARASITES OF THE DESERT BAT RHINOPOMA HARDWICKEI CYSTOPES.

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The trematode fauna of 71 desert bats Rhinopoma hardwickei systops was estimated and surveyed. Three different species of trematode parasites were examined and described; from them one new species and one new variety were reported. these are; Anchitrema acanthus n. sp. and Prothodendrium (Prothodendrium urna var. rhinopomi n. var.