Family Rhopanopsyllidae Scientific name Polygenis gwyni Rank Species | Genus Polygenis Order Flea | |
Similar Flea, Androlaelaps, Leptopsylla segnis, Hectopsyllidae, Echidnophaga gallinacea | ||
Polygenis gwyni is a flea that commonly infects the hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) in the southern United States; it is also frequently found on other species ecologically associated with the cotton rat. Hosts recorded in South Carolina include the cotton rat as well as the Florida woodrat (Neotoma floridana), cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus), marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris), and brown rat (Rattus norvegicus).
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