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THE flea records presented here have been based on a two-year study of Rattus rattns (L.), the commensal rodent of Tanganyika. No previous list of the flea fauna of R. rattus of Tanganyika is known. In all 1,788 specimens of R. rattus were obtained and their fleas collected.
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HALCROW, J. Fleas of the Rat in Tanganyika. Nature 182, 817 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182817a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/182817a0
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