fleas

Checklists of Exmoor's Wildlife

In 1996 ENHS produced The Flora and Fauna of Exmoor National Park listing 8243 species which had been recorded. (Now out of print). Since then there have been a number of additions published annually in Exmoor Naturalist magazine. The following lists show what we have recorded so far and it is hoped there will be future updates.

Algae	Amphibians	Beetles
Birds	Bryophytes	Diptera
Fish	Fleas	Fungi
Hymenoptera	Lepidoptera	Lichens
Mammals	Maritime	Other Creatures
Plants	Reptiles	Spiders

Fleas
mammal flea	Palaeopsylla soricis soricis	Very common on pygmy and common shrews.
badger flea	Paraceras melis melis	Common on badgers, also foxes. Occasionally stray on dogs.
grey squirrel flea	Orchopeas howardi howardi	Its main host is the grey squirrel with which it wasûintroduced.
Moorhen flea	Dasypsyllus gallinulae gallinulae	A common nest parasite of passerines that build their nests in low positions.
bird flea	Ceratophyllus garei	In nests in damp places or a little above the ground.
hen flea	Ceratophyllus gallinae gallinae	The commonest nest parasite throughout the country. Prefers relatively dry nests.
human flea	Pulex irritans	Much less common than formerly.
hedgehog flea	Archaeopsylla erinacei erinacei	Common on hedgehogs.
dog flea	Ctenocephalides canis	Common.
cat flea	Ctenocephalides felis felis	Common.
rabbit flea	Spilopsyllus cuniculi	The vector of myxomatosis. Strays found on other mammals.