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A hookworm belonging to the genus Ancylostoma (Dubini,1843) isolated from the small intestine of a canid Canis aureus (Linnaeus) which was found dead from a new host locality, village Kandraur district Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh. The worm is bent dorsally, cuticle transversely striated; buccal capsule large with three pairs of ventro-lateral teeth and two lancets in the deep of the buccal capsule; dorsal ray forked distally each branch further trifurcates; genital cone oboid with two pairs of genital papillae; spicules equal, long filamentous, 0.650-0.765 mm long with tapering tips; gubernaculum 0.144-0.180 mm long; vulva in the posterior third of the body 3.240-3.510 mm from the tip of tail; tail conical with a spine at the tip 0.006 mm long . This zoonotic worm is transmitted orally or percutaneously, causing a disease ancylostomiasis in humans, domestic and wild animals. The main symptoms of ancylostomiasis are mucous haemorrhagic diarrhoea and anaemia.