White-footed mouse
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The white-footed mouse is a rodent native to North America from southern Canada to the Southwestern United States and Mexico. It is a species of the genus Peromyscus, a closely related group of New Wo
White footed Mouse, Cantley, Quebec
In Quetico Provincial Park, Ontario
Female on a staghorn sumac
A captive female, at least 3 years and 8 months old
Cuterebra fontinella
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Cuterebra fontinella, the mouse bot fly, is a species of New World skin bot fly in the family Oestridae. C. fontinella is typically around 1 cm in length with a black and yellow color pattern. C. font
White-footed mouse
…competent reservoir for the Lyme disease–causing spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi. The white-footed mouse is the favored host for the parasitic botfly Cuterebra fontinella. The white-footed mouse is one of the most common mouse species used as laboratory mice after the house mouse, and their domesticated version is called…
Cuterebra fontinella
Splenomegaly, which can be caused by the cuterebra fly