Table 7. Shared and exclusive vertebrate species associated with three subfamilies of Pulicidae in Iran.

Flea sub family(s)	No of host (s)	Vertebrate host(s)
Archaeopsyllinae, Pulicinae and Xenopsyllinae	8	Capra hircus, Hemiechinus auritus, Herpestes auropunctatus, Hyaena hyaena, Meles meles, Ovis aries, Rattus rattus and Vulpes vulpes
Archaeopsyllinae and Pulicinae	3	Canis aureus, Canis lupus familiaris and Canis lupus pallipes
Archaeopsyllinae and Xenopsyllinae	4	Canis lupus spp., Rattus norvegicus, Tatera indica and Vulpes ruppelli
Pulicinae and Xenopsyllinae	4	Bos Taurus, Meriones libycus, Meriones persicus and Rhombomys opimus
Archaeopsyllinae	5	Felis catus, Felis silvestris, Herpestes edwardsi, Lepus europaeus and Mustela nivalis
Pulicinae	5	Corvus corone, Gallus gallus, Homo sapiens, Pantera pardus and Sus scrofa
Xenopsyllinae	27	Gerbillus cheesmani, Hystrix indica, Allactaga williamsi, Calomyscus bailwardi, Microtus irani, Cricetulus migratorius, Microtus arvalis, Jaculus jaculus, Ochotona rufescens, Gerbillus nanus, Pipistrellus pipistrellus, Nesokia indica, Meriones vinogradovi, Mesocricetus auratus, Mus musculus, Meriones crassus, Allactaga elater, Ellobius fuscocapillus, Acomys dimidiatus, Hemiechinus megalotis, Meriones tristrami, Citellus fulvus, Meriones hurrianae, Microtus socialis, Jaculus blanfordi, Lepus capensis, and Meriones meridianus