Paraceras melis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Siphonaptera
- Family
- Ceratophyllidae
- Genus
- Paraceras
- Species
- Paraceras melis
- Scientific Name
- Paraceras melis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Paraceras melis
Paraceras melis, the badger flea, is an external parasite of the European badger (Meles meles). It has also been found on the fox (Vulpes vulpes), the dog (Canis familiaris), the cat (Felis catus), the European polecat (Mustela putorius), the mole (Talpa europaea) and the fallow deer (Dama dama).
...Paraceras melis in languages:
- English
- Badger flea
- Swedish
- grävlingloppa
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