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Abstract
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The scientific literature involving wildlife and parasites has been mainly focused on the most common carnivore species, with the majority of publications originating in Europe. The present Research Topic was edited by parasitologists from different geographical areas (Romania, Canada, Costa Rica, and Iran), who managed to gather an impressive number of papers focused on wildlife parasitology from various countries, contributing to the extension of the knowledge in this field as well as highlighting the importance of research in this research area. Overall, 15 original research papers and four case reports were included in this Research Topic, published by 147 different authors based in 25 countries. Among these, 3 (15.8%) papers were focused on carnivore species, 1 (5.3%) investigated parasites in primates, 3 (15.8%) papers reported parasites of wild birds, 1 (5.3%) on armadillos, 2 (10.5%) on wild boars, 1 (5.3%) on bats, 1 (5.3%) on invasive frogs, 1 (5.3%) on marsupials, and 4 (21%) investigated parasites in ruminants. In addition, one paper (5.3%) was focused on cats and one (5.3%) on fleas. Of note in this Research Topic two novel parasite species namely Sarcocystis funereus (Apicomplexa, Sarcocystidae), and Delicata tatouay(Molineidae, Anoplostrongylinae) were described, and the existence of the ancient deer-specific Cooperiaventricosewas confirmed. Bellow we summarize 19 articles sorted by their subject to three classical categories i.e., helminths, protozoa, and arthropoda.
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