Abstract
Endotrypanum spp. is a hemoflagellate protozoan parasite (Order Kinetoplastida, Family Trypanosomatidae) presenting a dixenous life cycle, alternating between insect vectors such as phlebotomines and the mammalian hosts. Endotrypanum is the only trypanosomatid that infects mammalian erythrocytes, such as those from sloths from the genera Choloepus and Bradypus. Endotrypanum schaudinni pre…