Table 2 Rodent hosts and geographic ranges of Blastocystis subtypes identified in this study

ST4

Red squirrel (China, UAE, UK), Eastern chipmunk (China), Chinchilla (China), Guinea pig (China), Striped hamster (China), Sprague–Dawley rat (China, Turkey), Wistar rat (China), Spontaneous hypertensive rat (China), Patagonian mara (China), Brown rat (China, Japan, Malaysia, Iran, Spain), Flying squirrel (China), Norway rat (France), Rat (France, Japan, Singapore), Polynesian rat (Indonesia), Kangaroo rat (Mexico), Water vole (UK), Brazillian porcupine (USA), Coypu (China)

[25, 27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37]; This study

ST5

Bank vole (UK), Brown rat (Malaysia), Capybara (France), Coypu (China)

[22, 28, 29]; This study

unST

Coypu (China)

This study