Community Structure of Ticks Parasitic on Small Mammals From Hainan China

Community structures of the ticks parasitic on 9 species of small mammals obtained from Hainan were studied.Ixodes granulatus parasitized on all the hosts.Rate of I.granulatus on Dremomys pernyi was the highest (76.92 percent).Haemaphysalis aponommoides and H.doenitze commonly parasitized on Rattus coxingi,R.niviventer and R.rattus and the rate of infestation was relativeley high (more than 50 per.).he diversity indices of R.niviventer and Neophylomys hainanensis were lower.