''Listrophorus'' is a genus of parasitic

mite Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods). Mites span two large orders of arachnids, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari, but genetic analysis does not show clear evid ...

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Listrophoridae Listrophoridae is a family of mites in the suborder Psoroptidia of the order Sarcoptiformes. The family contains small, long mites specialized for grasping the hairs of mammals. North American genera include: *'' Aplodontochirus'' *'' Chirodiscoi ...

. North American species with their hosts include: *''

Listrophorus americanus ''Listrophorus'' is a genus of parasitic mites in the family Listrophoridae. North American species with their hosts include: *'' Listrophorus americanus'' – muskrat (''Ondatra zibethicus'') *''Listrophorus caudatus'' – round-tailed muskrat ...

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muskrat The muskrat (''Ondatra zibethicus'') is a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent native to North America and an introduced species in parts of Europe, Asia, and South America. The muskrat is found in wetlands over a wide range of climates and habitat ...

(''Ondatra zibethicus'') *''

Listrophorus caudatus ''Listrophorus'' is a genus of parasitic mites in the family Listrophoridae. North American species with their hosts include: *'' Listrophorus americanus'' – muskrat (''Ondatra zibethicus'') *'' Listrophorus caudatus'' – round-tailed muskrat ...

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round-tailed muskrat The round-tailed muskrat (''Neofiber alleni'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, sometimes called the Florida water rat.Listrophorus dicrostonyx ''Listrophorus'' is a genus of parasitic mites in the family Listrophoridae. North American species with their hosts include: *'' Listrophorus americanus'' – muskrat (''Ondatra zibethicus'') *'' Listrophorus caudatus'' – round-tailed muskrat ...

'' – collared lemming (''Dicrostonyx'') *''

Listrophorus dozieri ''Listrophorus'' is a genus of parasitic mites in the family Listrophoridae. North American species with their hosts include: *'' Listrophorus americanus'' – muskrat (''Ondatra zibethicus'') *'' Listrophorus caudatus'' – round-tailed muskrat ...

'' – muskrat;

Virginia opossum The Virginia opossum (''Didelphis virginiana''), also known as the North American opossum, is the only opossum living north of Mexico, its range extending south into Central America. It is the northernmost marsupial in the world. In the United S ...

(''Didelphis virginiana'') *''

Listrophorus faini ''Listrophorus'' is a genus of parasitic mites in the family Listrophoridae. North American species with their hosts include: *'' Listrophorus americanus'' – muskrat (''Ondatra zibethicus'') *'' Listrophorus caudatus'' – round-tailed muskrat ...

'' – muskrat *''

Listrophorus floridanus ''Listrophorus'' is a genus of parasitic mites in the family Listrophoridae. North American species with their hosts include: *'' Listrophorus americanus'' – muskrat (''Ondatra zibethicus'') *'' Listrophorus caudatus'' – round-tailed muskrat ...

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southeastern pocket gopher The southeastern pocket gopher (''Geomys pinetis'') is a species of pocket gopher that is native to the southeastern United States. It occurs in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, where it is the only pocket gopher. Description The southeastern poc ...

(''Geomys pinetis'') *''

Listrophorus kingstownensis ''Listrophorus'' is a genus of parasitic mites in the family Listrophoridae. North American species with their hosts include: *'' Listrophorus americanus'' – muskrat (''Ondatra zibethicus'') *'' Listrophorus caudatus'' – round-tailed muskrat ...

'' – muskrat *''

Listrophorus klebergi ''Listrophorus'' is a genus of parasitic mites in the family Listrophoridae. North American species with their hosts include: *'' Listrophorus americanus'' – muskrat (''Ondatra zibethicus'') *'' Listrophorus caudatus'' – round-tailed muskrat ...

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hispid pocket mouse The hispid pocket mouse (''Chaetodipus hispidus'') is a large pocket mouse native to the Great Plains region of North America. It is a member of the genus ''Chaetodipus''. Distribution The hispid pocket mouse occurs across the Great Plains from ...

(''Chaetodipus hispidus'');

hispid cotton rat The hispid cotton rat (''Sigmodon hispidus'') is a rodent species long thought to occur in parts of South America, Central America, and southern North America. However, recent taxonomic revisions, based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data, have ...

(''Sigmodon hispidus'') *''

Listrophorus laynei ''Listrophorus'' is a genus of parasitic mites in the family Listrophoridae. North American species with their hosts include: *'' Listrophorus americanus'' – muskrat (''Ondatra zibethicus'') *'' Listrophorus caudatus'' – round-tailed muskrat ...

'' – round-tailed muskrat *''

Listrophorus leuckarti ''Listrophorus'' is a genus of parasitic mites in the family Listrophoridae. North American species with their hosts include: *'' Listrophorus americanus'' – muskrat (''Ondatra zibethicus'') *'' Listrophorus caudatus'' – round-tailed muskrat ...

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meadow vole The eastern meadow vole (''Microtus pennsylvanicus''), sometimes called the field mouse or meadow mouse, is a North American vole found in eastern Canada and the United States. Its range extends farther south along the Atlantic coast. The weste ...

(''Microtus pennsylvanicus'');

house mouse The house mouse (''Mus musculus'') is a small mammal of the order Rodentia, characteristically having a pointed snout, large rounded ears, and a long and almost hairless tail. It is one of the most abundant species of the genus '' Mus''. Althoug ...

(''Mus musculus'') *''

Listrophorus mexicanus ''Listrophorus'' is a genus of parasitic mites in the family Listrophoridae. North American species with their hosts include: *''Listrophorus americanus'' – muskrat (''Ondatra zibethicus'') *''Listrophorus caudatus'' – round-tailed muskrat ('' ...

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sagebrush vole The sagebrush vole (''Lemmiscus curtatus'') is a tiny vole found in western North America. This is the only member of genus ''Lemmiscus''. They are somewhat similar in appearance to lemmings. They have chunky bodies with short legs and a very sh ...

(''Lemmiscus curtatus'');

rock vole The rock vole (''Microtus chrotorrhinus'') is a medium-sized vole found in eastern North America. It is also called the yellow-nosed vole. Description This species is similar in appearance to the larger taiga vole. It has short ears and a long t ...

(''Microtus chrotorrhinus'');

montane vole The montane vole (''Microtus montanus'') is a species of vole native to the western United States and Canada. Description Montane voles are medium-sized voles, with a total length of , including the tail. Adults typically weigh anything from , ...

(''Microtus montanus'');

prairie vole The prairie vole (''Microtus ochrogaster'') is a small vole found in central North America. The vole has long, coarse grayish-brown fur on the upper portion of the body and yellowish fur on the lower portion of the body. It has short ears and a ...

(''Microtus ochrogaster'');

creeping vole The creeping vole (''Microtus oregoni''), sometimes known as the Oregon meadow mouse, is a small rodent in the family Cricetidae. Ranging across the Pacific Northwest of North America, it is found in forests, grasslands, woodlands, and chaparral ...

(''Microtus oregoni''); meadow vole; water vole (''Microtus richardsoni'');

Townsend's vole Townsend's vole (''Microtus townsendii'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, the sister species of '' M. canicaudus''. It is found in temperate grasslands of British Columbia in Canada and in the states of Washington and Oregon in t ...

(''Microtus townsendii'');

western red-backed vole The western red-backed vole (''Myodes californicus'') is a species of vole in the family Cricetidae. It is found in California and Oregon in the United States and lives mainly in coniferous forest. The body color is chestnut brown, or brown mixed ...

(''Myodes californicus'');

southern red-backed vole The southern red-backed vole or Gapper's red-backed vole (''Myodes gapperi'') is a small slender vole found in Canada and the northern United States. It is closely related to the western red-backed vole (''Myodes californius''), which lives to th ...

(''Myodes gapperi'');

southern bog lemming The southern bog lemming (''Synaptomys cooperi'') is a small North American lemming. Its range overlaps with the other species in genus ''Synaptomys'', the northern bog lemming, in southeastern Canada, but extends farther south. Description So ...

(''Synaptomys cooperi'');

white-footed mouse The white-footed mouse (''Peromyscus leucopus'') is a rodent native to North America from Ontario, Quebec, Labrador, and the Maritime Provinces (excluding the island of Newfoundland) to the southwestern United States and Mexico. In the Maritimes, ...

(''Peromyscus leucopus''); house mouse;

woodland jumping mouse The woodland jumping mouse (''Napaeozapus insignis'') is a species of jumping mouse found in North America. It can jump up to using its extremely strong feet and long tail. Taxonomy Representatives of the family Dipodidae are found in the nort ...

(''Napaeozapus insignis'');

meadow jumping mouse The meadow jumping mouse (''Zapus hudsonius'') is the most widely distributed mouse in the family Zapodidae. Its range extends from the Atlantic coast in the east to the Great Plains west, and from the arctic tree lines in Canada and Alaska to ...

(''Zapus hudsonius'');

western jumping mouse The western jumping mouse (''Zapus princeps''), is a species of rodent in the family Zapodidae. It is found in Canada and the United States. Western jumping mice evolved during the Pleistocene, possibly from the fossil species '' Zapus burti'', ...

(''Zapus princeps'');

least weasel The least weasel (''Mustela nivalis''), little weasel, common weasel, or simply weasel is the smallest member of the genus '' Mustela,'' family Mustelidae and order Carnivora. It is native to Eurasia, North America and North Africa, and has bee ...

(''Mustela nivalis''); pallid bat (''Antrozous pallidus'');

Townsend's mole The Townsend's mole (''Scapanus townsendii'') is a fossorial mammal in the family Talpidae, and is the largest North American mole. It was named after the American naturalist John Kirk Townsend. The name was selected at the request of Thomas Nut ...

(''Scapanus townsendii'');

marsh shrew The marsh shrew (''Sorex bendirii''), also known as the Pacific water shrew, Bendire's water shrew, Bendire's shrew and Jesus shrew is the largest North American member of the genus ''Sorex'' (long-tailed shrews). Primarily covered in dark-brow ...

(''Sorex bendirii'');

long-tailed shrew The long-tailed shrew or rock shrew (''Sorex dispar'') is a small shrew found in Atlantic Canada and the Northeastern United States. This shrew is slate grey in color with a pointed snout, a long tail, and lighter underparts. It is found on ro ...

(''Sorex dispar'') *''

Listrophorus neotomae ''Listrophorus'' is a genus of parasitic mites in the family Listrophoridae. North American species with their hosts include: *''Listrophorus americanus'' – muskrat (''Ondatra zibethicus'') *''Listrophorus caudatus'' – round-tailed muskrat (' ...

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Florida woodrat The eastern woodrat (''Neotoma floridana''), also known as the Florida woodrat or bush rat, is a pack rat native to the central and Eastern United States. It constructs large dens that may serve as nests for many generations and stores food in o ...

(''Neotoma floridana''); southern Plains woodrat (''Neotoma micropus'') *'' Listrophorus ondatrae'' – muskrat *''

Listrophorus phenacomys ''Listrophorus'' is a genus of parasitic mites in the family Listrophoridae. North American species with their hosts include: *''Listrophorus americanus'' – muskrat (''Ondatra zibethicus'') *''Listrophorus caudatus'' – round-tailed muskrat (' ...

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eastern heather vole The eastern heather vole, (''Phenacomys ungava''), is a small North American vole. Until recently, this species was considered to belong to the same species as the western heather vole, ''Phenacomys intermedius''. It is also called the Ungava vo ...

(''Phenacomys ungava'') *''

Listrophorus pitymys ''Listrophorus'' is a genus of parasitic mites in the family Listrophoridae. North American species with their hosts include: *''Listrophorus americanus'' – muskrat (''Ondatra zibethicus'') *''Listrophorus caudatus'' – round-tailed muskrat (' ...

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northern short-tailed shrew The northern short-tailed shrew (''Blarina brevicauda'') is the largest shrew in the genus ''Blarina'', and occurs in the northeastern region of North America. It is a semifossorial, highly active, and voracious insectivore and is present in a v ...

(''Blarina brevicauda''); meadow vole;

pine vole The woodland vole (''Microtus pinetorum'') is a small vole found in eastern North America. It is also known as the pine vole. Characteristics The woodland vole has a head and body length ranging between with a short tail. Its weight ranges bet ...

(''Microtus pinetorum'') *'' Listrophorus sparsilineatus'' –

cotton mouse The cotton mouse (''Peromyscus gossypinus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found in the woodlands of the US South. Description Adults are about long, with a tail around , and weigh 34-51 g. Its general appearance is very si ...

(''Peromyscus gossypinus'') *''

Listrophorus synaptomys ''Listrophorus'' is a genus of parasitic mites in the family Listrophoridae. North American species with their hosts include: *''Listrophorus americanus'' – muskrat (''Ondatra zibethicus'') *''Listrophorus caudatus'' – round-tailed muskrat (' ...

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northern bog lemming The northern bog lemming (''Synaptomys borealis'') is a small North American lemming. It is one of two species in the genus ''Synaptomys'', the other being the southern bog lemming. Description They have cylindrical bodies covered with long grey ...

(''Synaptomys borealis''); southern bog lemming *''

Listrophorus validus ''Listrophorus'' is a genus of parasitic mites in the family Listrophoridae. North American species with their hosts include: *''Listrophorus americanus'' – muskrat (''Ondatra zibethicus'') *''Listrophorus caudatus'' – round-tailed muskrat (' ...

'' – muskrat An unidentified species has been recorded on the

marsh rice rat The marsh rice rat (''Oryzomys palustris'') is a semiaquatic North American rodent in the family Cricetidae. It usually occurs in wetland habitats, such as swamps and salt marshes. It is found mostly in the eastern and southern United States, fr ...

(''Oryzomys palustris'') in

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

.Morlan, 1952, table 2

References

Literature cited

*Morlan, H.B. 1952
Host relationships and seasonal abundance of some Southwest Georgia ectoparasites
(subscription required). American Midland Naturalist 48(1):74–93. *Whitaker, J.O. and Wilson, N. 1974
Host and distribution lists of mites (Acari), parasitic and phoretic, in the hair of wild mammals of North America, north of Mexico
(subscription required). American Midland Naturalist 91(1):1–67. *Whitaker, J.O., Walters, B.L., Castor, L.K., Ritzi, C.M. and Wilson, N. 2007
Host and distribution lists of mites (Acari), parasitic and phoretic, in the hair or on the skin of North American wild mammals north of Mexico: records since 1974
Faculty Publications from the Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln 1:1–173. {{Taxonbar, from=Q6646581 Sarcoptiformes Arachnids of North America Parasites of rodents

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