Another Piece of the Puzzle: Echinococcus oligarthrus Recorded in Jaguarundis (Herpailurus yagouaroundi) in Southern Brazil.

Echinococcus oligarthrus is a tapeworm endemic to South America and widely distributed in the Amazon region. Its lifecycle is maintained by relationships between felids and their prey, mainly small sylvatic rodents, but humans can be infected occasionally. We report two female jaguarundis (Herpailurus yagouaroundi) harboring E.