Vig Károly: Zoological Research in Western Hungary. A history (Szombathely, 2003)

Phylum Platyhelminthes 61 confirms that muskrat sometimes eat fish, in which the metacercaria of M. alhidus capable of infesting its definitive host develop. Other species found were Plagiorchis muris and P. proximus, the latter brought to Europe with musquash. The European specimens of these flukes differ from the nominal forms described in North America. Psilotrema simillimum has been found in specimens of Microtus oeconomus collected near Fertőboz (MATSKÁSI et al. 1992). While investigating trematodes, ISTVÁN MATSKÁSI (1971a) reported the occurrence of a fluke parasite, Lecithodendrium linstowi, from harvest-mouse (Micromys minutus), which proved to be a new host record. Parallel with this work, he also listed the Hungarian occurrences of trematodes parasitizing rodents and insectivorous mammals (MATSKÁSI 1971b and 1972). Faunistic investigations of the FertőHanság National Park, with published data and earlier and more recent collections, show the presence of 27 species of Digenea trematodes parasitic on mammals in the park and its environs (GUBÁNYI et al. 2002d).