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- Title
Prevalence and intensity of flea Tunga monositus (Siphonaptera) in an insular population of Peromyscus maniculatus (Rodentia) from Northwest Mexico.
- Authors
Camargo, Issac; Romero-Callejas, Evangelina; Cornejo-Latorre, Cristian; Rios, Evelyn; Álvarez-Castañeda, Sergio Ticul
- Abstract
We surveyed the status of the endemic deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus exiguus from San Martin Island, Baja California, Mexico where the population is numerous. A total of 89 adult rodents of P. m. exiguus were caught, 51 of which were parasitized by the flea Tunga monositus (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae); prevalence was 57% and the mean infection intensity was 1.8 parasites per host. No significant differences in prevalence were found between both sexes and between sites. Our results showed a higher infection percentage than those reported in previous studies for the species.
- Subjects
BAJA California (Mexico : Peninsula); PEROMYSCUS maniculatus; ENDEMIC animals; FLEAS; RODENTS
- Publication
Mammalia: International Journal of the Systematics, Biology & Ecology of Mammals, 2017, Vol 8, Issue 4, p429
- ISSN
0025-1461
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/mammalia-2016-0013