By
Michael L. Levin, PhD, Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Genus Cosmiomma contains a single species, C hippopotamensis, which is found in Zambezian grasslands of southwestern and eastern Africa. It feeds primarily on hippopotami, white and black rhinoceroses, and less frequently on antelopes.
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