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Abstract A total of 32 taxa of helminths were recovered from 52 individuals corresponding to 17 species of didelphiomorph marsupials collected across Bolivia. From these, 20 taxa are registered for the first time in this landlocked South American country, including the cestodeMathevotaenia bivittata, and the nematodesMoennigiasp.,Travassostrongylus callis,Viannaia didelphis,V. hamata,V. metachirops,V. minispicula,V. philanderi,V.simplicispicula, V. skrjabini,V. viannai,Cruzia tentaculata,Monodelphoxyuris dollmeiri,Neohilgertia venusti,Pterygodermatites elegans,Pterygodermatites jeagerskioldi,Spirura guianensis, Gongylonemoides marsupialis, Turgida turgidaandTrichuris reesali. We report for the first time parasites forMarmosops bishopi, Monodelphis emiliae,Monodeplhis glirina,Monodelphis sanctarosae,Monodelphis peruvianaandThylamys sponsoriusand document 38 new records of parasites infecting marsupials. Twenty-six taxa of helminths infect 2 or more species of didelphiomorph marsupials, with the exception ofTravassostrongylus callis,Viannaia didelphis,V. hamata,V. minispiculaandV. hamate, which infected individuals of a single species.