The Oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis) is a parasite of rodents, primarily of the genus Rattus, and is primary vector for Bubonic Plague and murine typhus.
Oriental rat flea was created in 1903.
There is no such thing as a "cow flea". However, there are several other species of fleas that actually exist.Cat Flea: Ctenocephalides felisDog Flea: Ctenocephalides canisHuman Flea: Pulex irritansNorthern Rat Flea: Nosopsyllus fasciatusOriental Rat Flea: Xenopsylla cheopis
The flea associated with the Black Death is the Oriental rat flea. There is a link below to an article on this flea.
Rattus Norvegicus is the scientific name of a rat.
The flea was a parasite on a black rat which carried the disease
Eh? Really, NO.
yes, it was the flea wich fed on the rat
Not at all. It gets enough nutrients to lay eggs on the rat's skin.
Oriental Rat Flea
It starts all with a flea that jumps upon a rat.
Petstores sell anti flea sprays especially made for small animals.
There are two species of fleas that are associated primarily with rats and mice: the northern rat flea (Nosopsyllus fasciatus), and the Oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis).It has been widely speculated that rats, carrying Oriental rat fleas infected with a bacteria called Yersinia pestis (which can infect humans with bubonic plague), were responsible for the Black Death plague epidemic.