Proboscidea, Illiger, 1811
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4.6. Proboscidea
Elephants are the only living family within the proboscidea order. In this group, despite the low number of studies conducted, at least 3 species of hookworms have been described in the African elephant ( Loxodonta Africana ) and another 3 in the Asian elephant ( Elephas maximus ) ( Table 13). In these animals, hookworms in the Grammocephalus genus inhabit the bile duct while those in the Bunostomum and Bathmostomum genera inhabit the small and large intestines ( Monnig, 1925; Debbie and Clausen, 1975; Setasuban, 1976).
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