138 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- 
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Fig. 117.—Flea of shrew. Fig. 118.—Flea of bat. Greatly enlarged. 
Greatly enlarged. Original. Original. 
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 sufficient 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 
eN ; upon man and domesticated 
; animals they will soon dis- 
. appear. The flea infesting 
jtecriae Ia of rabbit. Greatly en- the Wild Rabbits, hornet 
times in very large numbers, is also occasionally found in 
the kitchens where this game is made ready for dinner. 
This species is shown in fig. 119. 
