Plasmodium tyrio

Plasmodium tyrio is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium. As in all Plasmodium species, P. tyrio has both vertebrate and insect hosts. Its only known vertebrate host is the Chinese pangolin.^[1]

Plasmodium tyrio
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Aconoidasida
Order:	Haemospororida
Family:	Plasmodiidae
Genus:	Plasmodium
Species:	P. tyrio
Binomial name
Plasmodium tyrio de Mello et al., 1928

Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by de Mello, Fernandes, Correia and Lobo in 1928.

Hosts

The only known host of this species is the Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla).^[1]