. The Australian Museum magazine. Natural history. Indian Red Flea (Xenopsylla cheopis). Photo.—K. Grrant. suffer from plague, for example, the Califomian ground squirrel and the Tar- bagan or Mongolian marmot ({Arctomy» bohac), which w^as held to be primarily responsible for the calamitous Man- churian pneumonic outbreak in 1910. Eleven different species of fleas havb been shown to be capable of carrying plagTie. Most of these, however, are only of local interest or else do not readily bite man. Two ai'e, hoAvever, especially inculpated; these are the In- dian Red Flea {Xenopsylla cheopis) wh

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. The Australian Museum magazine. Natural history. Indian Red Flea (Xenopsylla cheopis). Photo.—K. Grrant. suffer from plague, for example, the Califomian ground squirrel and the Tar- bagan or Mongolian marmot ({Arctomy» bohac), which w^as held to be primarily responsible for the calamitous Man- churian pneumonic outbreak in 1910. Eleven different species of fleas havb been shown to be capable of carrying plagTie. Most of these, however, are only of local interest or else do not readily bite man. Two ai'e, hoAvever, especially inculpated; these are the In- dian Red Flea {Xenopsylla cheopis) which is the rat flea of the tropics, and. European Rat Flea (Ceratophyllus fasciatus). Photo.—K. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Australian Museum; Australian Museum. Sydney, Australian Museum

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