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Oriental rat flea

species of fleas
Taxon taxon Q499106

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
taxon
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Invasion Biology[8]
NZTCS conservation status
introduced and naturalised[10]
Named after
Khufu[2]
Parent taxon
Xenopsylla[3]
Taxon author citation
(Rothschild, 1903)[9]
Taxon common name
印度鼠蚤, Puça de la rata oriental, blecha morová[5][6][7]
Taxon name
Xenopsylla cheopis[4]
Taxon rank
species[1]
🏷️ Also known as
en Xenopsylla cheopis en Oriental rat flea ar برغوث الجرذ الشرقي الناقل لمرض الطاعون ar برغوث الجرذ الشرقي cs Xenopsylla cheopis cs blecha morová de Xenopsylla cheopis de Rattenfloh fr Xenopsilla cheopsis fr Puce du rat fr Xenopsylla cheopsis he פרעוש החולדה המזרחית it Xenopsylla cheopsis ja ケオプスネズミノミ ko 열대쥐벼룩 nl Xenopsylla cheopis nl Rattenvlo pl pchła szczurza pl Xenopsylla cheopis ru Xenopsylla cheopis
🔖 Identifiers · 36
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
NHMUK010177265 The plague flea - Xenopsylla cheopis cheopis (Rothschild, 1903).jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID
Xenopsylla_cheopis
Australian Faunal Directory ID
Xenopsylla_cheopis
BOLD Systems taxon ID
127312
BioLib taxon ID
104623
Biota of New Zealand ID
14fc681a-cbdd-43f6-8ff3-ba90cf9c37eb
CONABIO ID
161570ARTROB501212
Catalogue of Life ID
5CB97
Czech NDOP taxon ID
40964
Dyntaxa ID
6000905
EBiodiversity ID
109565
EPPO Code
XENOCH
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Encyclopedia of Life ID
704445
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/Oriental-rat-flea
Fauna Europaea ID
170080
Fauna Europaea New ID
61b5e34f-0ace-430f-9d3f-641c788428c5
Freebase ID
/m/0dm5c6
GBIF taxon ID
1419435
Global Species ID
694232
INaturalist taxon ID
271312
IRMNG ID
10160865
ITIS TSN
189334
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2777306777, 2910633848
Montana Field Guide species ID
IISIP58010
NBN System Key
NBNSYS0000013088
NCBI taxonomy ID
163159
NZTCS ID
33891
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007550932605171
NatureServe Explorer ID
2.1013051
New Zealand Organisms Register ID
3a7147b5-e778-4052-8dee-ca48273ce749
Observation.org taxon ID
837053
Open Tree of Life ID
174929
TAXREF ID
52176
TaiBNET ID
348738
TaiCOL ID (new version)
t0048872
Yale LUX ID
concept/3e30c69f-267f-45d9-ba33-4d232975d0e7

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 1
taxon
Named after 1
Khufu
Parent taxon 1
Xenopsylla
Taxon rank 1
species
← Has immediate cause 1
Black Death
← Has natural reservoir 1
endemic typhus
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  1. [1] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . curioustaxonomy.net. curioustaxonomy.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . gbif.org. gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . Conservation status of New Zealand fleas, 2014. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    NZTCS conservation status → introduced and naturalised
    Parent taxon → Xenopsylla
    Instance of → taxon
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