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A rat flea is a parasite of rats.
There are at least four species:
Oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis), also known as the tropical rat flea, the primary vector for bubonic plague
Northern rat flea (Nosopsyllus fasciatus). According to Prince, "... it too is an efficient vector of plague. It was found to be even more widely distributed than X. cheopis, occurring in 12 of the 13 States surveyed".[1]
Xenopsylla brasiliensis,[2] a vector of bubonic plague, found in South America, Africa, and India[3]
Leptopsylla segnis[1]
^ abPrince, Frank (1943-04-30). "Species of Fleas on Rats Collected in States West of the 102d Meridian and Their Relation to the Dissemination of Plague". Public Health Reports. 58 (18). Sage Publications. Inc.: 700–708. doi:10.2307/4584449. JSTOR 4584449.
^Whitaker, Amoret (2007). Fleas (Siphonaptera) (2 ed.). St Albans: Royal Entomological Society. p. 37. ISBN 9780901546852.
^M. W. Service; R. W. Ashford (2001). Encyclopedia of Arthropod-transmitted Infections of Man and Domesticated Animals. CABI. pp. 405–. ISBN 978-0-85199-473-4.
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