🪲Cat flea
The cat flea is an extremely common parasitic insect whose principal host is the domestic cat, although a high proportion of the fleas found on dogs also belong to this species. This is despite the widespread existence of a separate and well-established "dog" flea, Ctenocephalides canis. Cat fleas originated in Africa but can now be found globally. As humans began domesticating cats, the prevalence of the cat flea increased and it spread throughout the world.
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Ctenocephalides felis yet.
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- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumArthropoda
- ›classInsecta
- ›orderSiphonaptera
- ›familyPulicidae
- ›genusCtenocephalides
- ›speciesCtenocephalides felis
- classInsects · Insecta
- familyPulicidae
- subfamilyArchaeopsyllinae
- genusCtenocephalides
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsects · Insecta
- subclassPterygota
- orderSiphonaptera
- familyPulicidae
- subfamilyArchaeopsyllinae
- genusCtenocephalides
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