Table 2 Key comparisons between A. ailuropodae n. sp. and other congeneric Ancylostoma spp

A. caninum

M: 11.0–13.0 × 0.34–0.39 (11.7 × 0.37);

F: 14.0–20.5 × 0.50–0.56 (17.0 × 0.52)

3 pairs

730–960 (860)

nr

Dogs; cats; humans; wild canids and felids

Burrows [58]

A. ceylanicum

M: 7.91 ± 0.04 × 0.35 ± 0.02;

F: 9.48 ± 0.81 × 0.42 ± 0.04

2 pairs (outer large; inner very small)

740 ± 20

77 ± 1.64 × 10

Dogs; cats; humans; wild canids and felids

Yoshida [9]

A. braziliense

M: 6.84 ± 0.50 × 0.24 ± 0.02;

F: 8.67 ± 0.68 × 0.34 ± 0.01

2 pairs(outer large; inner minute)

800 ± 70

73 ± 1.94 × 10 ± 0.44

Humans

Yoshida [9]; Norris[59]

A. duodenale

M: 10.67 ± 0.17 × 0.47 ± 0.03;

F: 12.67 ± 1.12 × 0.64 ± 0.03

2 pairs (similar in both size and shape)

1,800 ± 90

131 ± 1.49 × 13 ± 0.42

Humans

Yoshida [9]

A. kusimaense

M: 7.82 ± 0.20 × 0.28 ± 0.01;

F: 9.12 ± 0.55 × 0.33 ± 0.02

2 pairs (outer large; inner small)

840 ± 4

84 ± 0.71 × 10 ± 0.44

Raccoon dogs

Yoshida [9]

A. tubaeforme

M: 6.84 ± 0.50 × 0.24 ± 0.02;

F: 8.67 ± 0.68 × 0.34 ± 0.01

3 pairs

1,100–1,470 (1,290)

nr

Cats

Burrows [58]

A. paraduodenale

M: 5.0–8.0 × 0.21–0.24 (6.8 × 0.23):

F: 6.5–8.5 × 0.26–0.32 (7.7 × 0.29)

2 pairs (outer stouter than inner)

1,100–1,500 (1,250)

80 × 20

Servals

Biocca [6]

A. malayanum

M: 11.02–13.80 × 0.46–0.51;

F: 20.40 × 0.54

2 pairs (outer large, vertical; inner small, subaduncate; one pair of triangular dorsolateral teeth)

2,490–2,620

112^a

Bears

Wu et al. [7]

A. taxideae

M: 8.37 ± 1.92 × 0.32 ± 0.02;

F: 16.05 ± 1.30 × 0.46 ± 0.05

3 pairs (one pair of triangular dorsolateral teeth)

1,470 ± 87

138 ± 2 × 15

Badgers

Kalkan & Hansen [10]

A. ailuropodae n. sp.

M: 10.30 ± 1.70 × 0.51 ± 0.01;

F: 12.90 ± 3.10 × 0.63 ± 0.09

2 pairs (similar in both size and shape; two pairs of triangular dorsolateral teeth)

2,000–2,900 (2,450)

80–120 × 12–20 (90 × 16)

Giant panda

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