[Helminths of the common fox (Vulpes vulpes L.) from the massif central (France) (author's transl)].

Sixty nine wild foxes originating from Auvergne for the period January 1977 to January 1978 have shown intestinal parasites in the proportion of 76,8 per cent. 59,4 per cent are invaded with Cestodes; 72,4 per cent with Nematodes and none with Trematodes. The list of the identified species is following: 1. Cestodes. A) Adults and fertile forms of: Mesocestoides litteratus in 27,5 per cent of the hosts; Taenia crassiceps in 15,9 p.c.; T. polyacantha in 27,5 p.c.; Echinococcus multilocularis in 7,2 p.c.; Amoebotaenia paradoxa in 4,3 p.c. B) Immature forms of : Taenia pisiformis in 2,89 p.c.; T. ovis in 1,44 p.c. 2. Nematodes. Uncinaria stenocephala in 68,1 per cent of the hosts; Ancylostoma caninum in 1,4 p.c.; Molineus patens in 1,4 p.c.; Oxyurid sp. in 1,4 p.c.; Toxocara canis in 27,5 p.c. and Toxascaris leonina in 33,3 p.c. The composition of the helminth fauna of the foxes in the center countries of France is not different of the European species from the same host, except Amoebotaenia paradoxa, Dilepidid cestode of birds, quite unusual from a carnivorus mammal.