A two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) from French Guiana showed an erythrocytic parasite morphologically related to the Babesiidae family, and described as Babesia choloepi. It is the first Babesia species described in the Edentata order.
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Dedet, J. P., Veilly, M., Robin, Y., Bonnevie, O., & Landau, I. (1988). Babesia choloepi n. sp. (Apicomplexa, Piroplasmida), a parasite of the two-toed sloth, Choloepus didactylus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Xenarthra, Bradypodidae), in French Guiana. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée, 63(1), 16–21. https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/198863116
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