Xenopsylla brasiliensis | |
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Female rat flea | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Siphonaptera |
Family: | Pulicidae |
Genus: | Xenopsylla |
Species: | X. brasiliensis
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Binomial name | |
Xenopsylla brasiliensis (Baker, 1904)
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Xenopsylla brasiliensis is a species of flea found on rats.[1] It is a vector of bubonic plague, and is found in South America, Africa, and India.[2]