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mangey weasel skin which was subsequently found to harbour great numbers 
of what he identified as Sarcoptes vulpis. 
Dermanyssus gallinae, the common red mite of poultry is said by Wood 
(1917) to be conveyed by foxes, skunks, weasels, etc. 
IXODOIDEA. 
Many species of ticks occur on a variety of hosts. The following species have 
been taken from the fox: 
Amblyomma americanum (Linn. 1758). 
Amblyomma tuberculatum Marx. 
Dermacentor variabilis (Say, 1821). 
Haemaphysatis bispinosa intermedia Warburton and Nuttall, 1909. 
Haemaphysalis cinnabarina punctata (Canestrini and Fanzago, 1877). 
Haemaphysalis inermis Birula, 1895. 
Haemaphysalis leachi (Audouin, 1827) Neumann, 1897. 
Ixodes canisuga Johnston, 1849. 
Ixodes hexagonus Leach, 1815. 
Ixodes marxi Banks, 1908. 
Ixodes ricinus (Linnaeus, 1746 and 1758) Latreille, 1804. 
Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1804). 
MALLOPHAGA. 
Trichodectes quadraticeps Chapman, 1887, has as its type host the California 
gray fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus. 
Trichodectes vulpis Denny, 1842 (Synonym: T. micropus Giebel, 1874) is 
from the common European fox. 
SIPHONAPTERA. 
Pulex irritans Linnaeus, 1858. Vulpes sp. 
Pulex pallidus Taschenberg, 1880. Vulpes niloticus. 
Ctenocephalus canis (Curtis, 1826) Baker, 1904. Vulpes lagopus, V. vulpes, 
Urocyon cinereoargenteus. 
Ceratophyllus metis Curtis, 1832, “sur le Renard 5 ’ Raill. 
Chaetopsylla vulpes (Motscherlsky, 1840) Baker, 1905. Vulpes vulpes. 
BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
The following list includes those papers mentioned in the text, which are not listed in the 
Index Catalogue of Veterinary and Medical Literature, of Stiles and Hassall. 
Croken, I. E. (1916). Remarks on the diseases of foxes. Amer.Journ. Vet. Med. xi. 195-197. 
Dearborn, N. (1917). The domesticated silver fox. Farmer's Bui. 765, TJ.S. Dept. Agric., 
Wash. 32 pp., 22 figs. 
Gedoelst, L. (1911). Synopsis de parasitologie de Vhomme et des animaux domestiques. 
Brussels, xx + 332 pp., 327 figs. 
