Like all 2, 500 Siphonoptera, the Pulicidae are ectoparasites.
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Additionally, Pulicidae transmit " Yersinia pestis ", the bacteria responsible for plague.
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They mainly feed on mammal blood, and many Siphonoptera families, including Pulicidae, transmit disease.
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Pulicidae feed on mammalian blood . " Ctenocephalides felis felis " is also known as the cat flea, and is an extremely important parasite of domestic cats and dogs.