Hystrichopsylla schefferi
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hystrichopsylla-schefferi-279-8732911
title:
Hystrichopsylla schefferi
text:
Hystrichopsylla schefferi, also known as the mountain beaver flea and giant mountain beaver flea, is a parasitic nearctic insect and a flea, belonging to the order Siphonaptera, the fleas. With an adult body length of as much as 0.5 inches (13 mm), it is the largest living flea in the world, and is native to the American Northwest. Though most members of the genus Hystrichopsylla are not strongly associated with any particular host animal and will parasitize insectivores and rodents generally, H
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encyclopedia
description:
Species of flea
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hystrichopsylla_schefferi
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date modified:
2023-12-21T18:49:23Z
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13
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15