| fleas (siphonaptera) of cotton mice on a georgia barrier island: a depauperate fauna. | from february 1993 through october 1994, 382 cotton mice peromyscus gossypinus were live-trapped and examined for fleas on st. catherines island, liberty county, georgia. orchopeas leucopus was the only species of flea collected, with an overall prevalence of 27% and a mean intensity of 3.8. this flea was more abundant on cotton mice during the cooler months, with peak infestation indices recorded in march 1993 and in january 1994. five species of fleas (polygenis gwyni, stenoponia americana, ct ... | 1995 | 7623192 |
| rodent ectoparasites from two locations in northwestern florida. | from feb.-apr. 1999, 19 species of ectoparasitic arthropods (2 sucking lice, 4 fleas, 4 ticks, 2 mesostigmatid mites, 5 chiggers, 2 fur mites) were recovered from 106 rodents belonging to 5 species (cotton mouse, peromyscus gossypinus, n = 64; cotton rat, sigmodon hispidus, n = 23; eastern woodrat, neotoma floridana, n = 9; golden mouse, ochrotomys nuttalli, n = 9; eastern gray squirrel, sciurus carolinensis, n = 1) at tall timbers research station, leon county, florida. during the same period, ... | 2000 | 11217221 |