Author/Authors :
Dar، Javid Ahmad نويسنده Department of Zoology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar-190 006, India Dar, Javid Ahmad , Tanveer، Syed نويسنده Department of Zoology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar-190 006, India Tanveer, Syed , Kuchai ، Javid Ahmad نويسنده Department of Zoology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar-190 006, India Kuchai , Javid Ahmad , Dar، Shabir Ahmad نويسنده Department of Zoology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar-190 006, India Dar, Shabir Ahmad
Abstract :
During the present study, three species of birds belonging to the genus Corvus namely Corvus monedula, C. splendens and C. macrorhynchos were collected from different localities of Kashmir valley and investigated for the presence of cestode parasites. Anomotaenia galbulae (Gmelin, 1790) Furhrmann, 1932 was recovered from all the three host species. While, Choanotaenia micracantha was recovered only from C. monedula and no specimen of this cestode was obtained from C. Splendens and C. macrorhynchos during the present study. The specimens thus collected were identified as Anomotaenia galbulae and Choanotaenia micracantha on the basis of various morphological and morphometric characters when compared to the known species of genera Anamotaenia and Choanotaenia respectively. However, some intraspecific variations were observed.
