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FLEAS OF OTHER ANIMALS. 



A number of other species of fleas are found in Minne- 

 sota, which infest rats, mice, bats, rabbits, pocket-gophers 

 and various other wild animals. The following four spe- 



Fig. 117.— Klea of shrew. 

 Greatly enlarged. Original. 



]-ig. 118.- 

 Original. 



-Flea of bat. Greatlj- enlarged. 



cies have been found in dwelling places, no doubt brought 

 there by the hosts they infest. No description is given of 



them, as the illustrations 

 are sufllicient to show their 

 peculiarities. 



The Flea of the Mouse 

 is shown in fig. 116, the 

 one infesting the Shrew is 

 illustrated in fig. 117, and 

 the one found upon the 

 Bat in fig. 118. Even if 

 found in houses they are 

 only accidental visitors, 

 and as they can not exist 

 upon man and domesticated 

 animals they will soon dis- 

 appear. The flea infesting 

 the Wild Rabbits, some- 

 times in very larg.- numbers, is also occasionally found in 

 the kitchens where this game is made ready for dinner. 

 This species is shown in fig. 119. 



Fig. 119.— Flea of rabbit 

 largcd. Original. 



