The
 
 Oriental rat flea
 
 (
 
 Xenopsylla cheopis
 
 ), also known as the
 
 tropical rat flea
 
 , is a
 <a alt="Parasite" class="mw-redirect gcloudimg" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_59114/Parasite" title="Parasite">
 parasite
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 of
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 rodents
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 and acts as a vector for bubonic plague causing agent-
 
 Yersinia pestis.
 
 The picture clicked through foldscope shows the anterior ,posterior parts of the flea and also the legs of the flea.


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 <img alt="Posterior Part of Oriental Rat Flea" class="wp-image-59138 alignleft gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="59138" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="Posterior Part of Oriental Rat Flea" data-recalc-dims="1" height="172" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_59114/Posterior-Part-of-Oriental-Rat-Flea.jpg" width="346"/>
 <img alt="Legs of Oriental Rat Flea" class="size-medium wp-image-59137 alignright gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="59137" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="Legs of Oriental Rat Flea" data-recalc-dims="1" height="166" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_59114/Legs-of-Oriental-Rat-Flea.jpg" width="300"/>

Oriental Rat Flea

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