Plasmodium anomaluri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Protista |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Haemosporida |
Family: | Plasmodiidae |
Genus: | Plasmodium |
Species: | P. anomaluri |
Binomial name | |
Plasmodium anomaluri |
Plasmodium anomaluri is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.
Like all Plasmodium species, P. anomaluri has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
The parasite was first described by Pringle in 1960.
This species is found in Tanzania, Africa.
Not known.
This species infects African flying squirrels (Anomalurus fraseri orientalis).