''Listrophorus'' is a genus of parasitic

mite Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods). Mites span two large orders of arachnids, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari, but genetic analysis does not show clear e ...

s in the family Listrophoridae. North American species with their hosts include: *'' Listrophorus americanus'' – muskrat (''Ondatra zibethicus'') *'' Listrophorus caudatus'' – round-tailed muskrat (''Neofiber alleni'') *'' Listrophorus dicrostonyx'' –

collared lemming ''Dicrostonyx'' is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and New World rats and mice. At almo ...

(''Dicrostonyx'') *'' Listrophorus dozieri'' – muskrat;

Virginia opossum The Virginia opossum (''Didelphis virginiana''), also known as the North American opossum, is the only opossum living north of Mexico, its range extending south into Central America. It is the northernmost marsupial in the world. In the United S ...

(''Didelphis virginiana'') *'' Listrophorus faini'' – muskrat *'' Listrophorus floridanus'' –

southeastern pocket gopher The southeastern pocket gopher (''Geomys pinetis'') is a species of pocket gopher that is native to the southeastern United States. It occurs in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, where it is the only pocket gopher. Description The southeastern po ...

(''Geomys pinetis'') *'' Listrophorus kingstownensis'' – muskrat *'' Listrophorus klebergi'' –

hispid pocket mouse The hispid pocket mouse (''Chaetodipus hispidus'') is a large pocket mouse native to the Great Plains region of North America. It is a member of the genus ''Chaetodipus''. Distribution The hispid pocket mouse occurs across the Great Plains fro ...

(''Chaetodipus hispidus'');

hispid cotton rat The hispid cotton rat (''Sigmodon hispidus'') is a rodent species long thought to occur in parts of South America, Central America, and southern North America. However, recent taxonomic revisions, based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data, have ...

(''Sigmodon hispidus'') *'' Listrophorus laynei'' – round-tailed muskrat *'' Listrophorus leuckarti'' –

meadow vole The eastern meadow vole (''Microtus pennsylvanicus''), sometimes called the field mouse or meadow mouse, is a North American vole found in eastern Canada and the United States. Its range extends farther south along the Atlantic coast. The west ...

(''Microtus pennsylvanicus''); house mouse (''Mus musculus'') *'' Listrophorus mexicanus'' – sagebrush vole (''Lemmiscus curtatus''); rock vole (''Microtus chrotorrhinus'');

montane vole The montane vole (''Microtus montanus'') is a species of vole native to the western United States and Canada. Description Montane voles are medium-sized voles, with a total length of , including the tail. Adults typically weigh anything from , ...

(''Microtus montanus'');

prairie vole The prairie vole (''Microtus ochrogaster'') is a small vole found in central North America. The vole has long, coarse grayish-brown fur on the upper portion of the body and yellowish fur on the lower portion of the body. It has short ears and a ...

(''Microtus ochrogaster'');

creeping vole The creeping vole (''Microtus oregoni''), sometimes known as the Oregon meadow mouse, is a small rodent in the family Cricetidae. Ranging across the Pacific Northwest of North America, it is found in forests, grasslands, woodlands, and chaparral ...

(''Microtus oregoni''); meadow vole; water vole (''Microtus richardsoni'');

Townsend's vole Townsend's vole (''Microtus townsendii'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, the sister species of '' M. canicaudus''. It is found in temperate grasslands of British Columbia in Canada and in the states of Washington and Oregon in t ...

(''Microtus townsendii'');

western red-backed vole The western red-backed vole (''Myodes californicus'') is a species of vole in the family Cricetidae. It is found in California and Oregon in the United States and lives mainly in coniferous forest. The body color is chestnut brown, or brown mixed ...

(''Myodes californicus''); southern red-backed vole (''Myodes gapperi'');

southern bog lemming The southern bog lemming (''Synaptomys cooperi'') is a small North American lemming A lemming is a small rodent, usually found in or near the Arctic in tundra biomes. Lemmings form the subfamily Arvicolinae (also known as Microtinae) together ...

(''Synaptomys cooperi'');

white-footed mouse The white-footed mouse (''Peromyscus leucopus'') is a rodent native to North America from Ontario, Quebec, Labrador, and the Maritime Provinces (excluding the island of Newfoundland) to the southwestern United States and Mexico. In the Maritimes, ...

(''Peromyscus leucopus''); house mouse;

woodland jumping mouse The woodland jumping mouse (''Napaeozapus insignis'') is a species of jumping mouse found in North America. It can jump up to using its extremely strong feet and long tail. Taxonomy Representatives of the family Dipodidae are found in the nor ...

(''Napaeozapus insignis'');

meadow jumping mouse The meadow jumping mouse (''Zapus hudsonius'') is the most widely distributed mouse in the family Zapodidae. Its range extends from the Atlantic coast in the east to the Great Plains west, and from the arctic tree lines in Canada and Alaska to ...

(''Zapus hudsonius'');

western jumping mouse The western jumping mouse (''Zapus princeps''), is a species of rodent in the family Zapodidae. It is found in Canada and the United States. Western jumping mice evolved during the Pleistocene, possibly from the fossil species '' Zapus burti'', ...

(''Zapus princeps''); least weasel (''Mustela nivalis''); pallid bat (''Antrozous pallidus'');

Townsend's mole The Townsend's mole (''Scapanus townsendii'') is a fossorial mammal in the family Talpidae, and is the largest North American mole. It was named after the American naturalist John Kirk Townsend. The name was selected at the request of Thomas N ...

(''Scapanus townsendii''); marsh shrew (''Sorex bendirii'');

long-tailed shrew The long-tailed shrew or rock shrew (''Sorex dispar'') is a small shrew found in Atlantic Canada and the Northeastern United States. This shrew is slate grey in color with a pointed snout, a long tail, and lighter underparts. It is found on ro ...

(''Sorex dispar'') *'' Listrophorus neotomae'' – Florida woodrat (''Neotoma floridana''); southern Plains woodrat (''Neotoma micropus'') *'' Listrophorus ondatrae'' – muskrat *'' Listrophorus phenacomys'' – eastern heather vole (''Phenacomys ungava'') *'' Listrophorus pitymys'' –

northern short-tailed shrew The northern short-tailed shrew (''Blarina brevicauda'') is the largest shrew in the genus ''Blarina'', and occurs in the northeastern region of North America. It is a semifossorial, highly active, and voracious insectivore and is present in a v ...

(''Blarina brevicauda''); meadow vole; pine vole (''Microtus pinetorum'') *'' Listrophorus sparsilineatus'' –

cotton mouse The cotton mouse (''Peromyscus gossypinus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found in the woodlands of the US South. Description Adults are about long, with a tail around , and weigh 34-51 g. Its general appearance is very si ...

(''Peromyscus gossypinus'') *'' Listrophorus synaptomys'' – northern bog lemming (''Synaptomys borealis''); southern bog lemming *'' Listrophorus validus'' – muskrat An unidentified species has been recorded on the marsh rice rat (''Oryzomys palustris'') in

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

.Morlan, 1952, table 2

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*Morlan, H.B. 1952
Host relationships and seasonal abundance of some Southwest Georgia ectoparasites
(subscription required). American Midland Naturalist 48(1):74–93. *Whitaker, J.O. and Wilson, N. 1974
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