babesia sp. 'north carolina dog' babesia sp. 'north carolina dog' babesia sp. 'north carolina dog' is an unclassified species of babesia, identified from a 18s ribosomal gene partial sequence performed in the investigation of dog piroplasms. babesia sp. 'north carolina dog' scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: sar clade: alveolata phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: piroplasmida family: babesiidae genus: babesia species: b. sp. 'north carolina dog' binomial name babesia sp. 'north carolina dog' unlike the other piroplasms investigated, the piroplasm is "in a distinct phylogenetic clade, closely related to babesial isolates from wildlife and humans from the western us".