PR Notice 2023-01; Appendix
Vertebrate Pests | ||
Pest | Scientific Name | Public Health Importance/ Possible Clinical Significance |
Squirrels | ||
Flying squirrels | Glaucomys spp. | Sylvatic typhus, leptospirosis |
Ground squirrels and prairie dogs | Urocitellus spp., Spermophilus spp., Ictidomys spp., Poliocitellus spp., Cynomys spp., Xerospermophilus spp., Callospermophilus spp., Otospermopjilus spp., Ammospermophilus spp. | Plague, tularemia |
Tree squirrels and chipmunks | Sciurus spp., Tamias spp., Eutamias spp., Tamiasciurus spp. | Leptospirosis, salmonellosis, tularemia, rabies, direct injury |
Woodchuck | Marmota monax | |
Yellow-bellied marmot | Marmota flaviventris | |
Other Mammals | ||
Bears | Family Ursidae | Toxoplasmosis, brucellosis, trichinellosis, direct injury |
Coyote | Canis latrans | Rabies, canine distemper virus, leptospirosis, direct injury |
Arctic fox | Alopex lagopus | |
Gray fox | Urocyon cinereoargenteus | |
Red fox | Vulpes vulpes | |
Gray wolf | Canis lupus | |
Wild (feral) dog | Canis lupus familiaris | |
Wild (feral) cat | Felis catus | Toxoplasmosis, rabies, direct injury |
Wild (feral) horse | Equus caballus | Rabies, leptospirosis, salmonellosis, camplyobacterosis, cryptosporidiosis, direct injury |
Wild (feral) swine Javelina (collared peccary) |
Sus scrofa Dicotyles tajacu |
Leptospirosis, brucellosis, E. coli infection, salmonellosis, toxoplasmosis, rabies, swine influenza viruses, trichinosis, giardiasis, cryptosporidiosis, direct injury |
Deer and elk | Family Cervidae | Leptospirosis, salmonellosis, chlamydiosis, campylobacterosis, cryptosporidiosis, giardiasis, direct injury |
American bison | Bison bison | Brucellosis, direct injury |
Mongooses | Family Herpestidae | Leptospirosis, direct injury |
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