PR Notice 2023-01; Appendix
Vertebrate Pests | ||
Pest | Scientific Name | Public Health Importance/ Possible Clinical Significance |
Mammals | ||
Bats | ||
Big brown bat | Eptesicus fuscus | Rabies, histoplasmosis, salmonellosis, yersiniosis, Nipah virus, Ebola virus, SARS coronavirus |
Little brown bat | Myotis lucifugus | |
Brazilian (Mexican) free-tailed bat | Tadarida brasiliensis | |
Big eared bat | Corynorhinus townsendii | |
Common vampire bat | Demodus rotundus | |
Mice | ||
House mouse | Mus musculus | Hantavirus, salmonellosis, tularemia, leptospirosis, lymphocytic chorio-meningitis, rat bite fever, other diseases, allergy and asthma triggers from urine/hair/dander |
Deer mouse | Peromyscus maniculatus | |
Cotton mouse | Peromyscus gossypinus | |
White-footed mouse (White-footed deer mouse) | Peromyscus leucopus | |
Eastern harvest mouse | Reithrodontomys humuli | |
Golden mouse | Ochrotomys nuttalli | |
Rats | ||
Norway rat | Rattus norvegicus | Leptospirosis, plague, rat bite fever, salmonellosis, tularemia, lymphocytic chorio-meningitis, direct injury, allergy and asthma triggers from urine/hair/dander |
Roof rat | Rattus rattus | |
Polynesian rat | Rattus exulans | |
Cotton rats | Sigmodon spp. | |
Mexican woodrat | Neotoma mexicana | |
Southern plains woodrat | Neotoma micropus | |
White-throated woodrat | Neotoma albigula |
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