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🦠 Fleas

Rabbit Flea

Spilopsyllus cuniculi

About

A flea specific to European rabbits with a remarkable reproductive strategy tied to its host. It can transmit myxomatosis between rabbits.

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Did You Know?

Rabbit flea reproduction is controlled by rabbit hormones β€” the flea can only breed when feeding on a pregnant doe near the time of birth.