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Table S1 Data on flea species richness for 41 rodent species
Species / Number of flea species / Number of hosts examined / SourceAethomys chrysophilus / 6 / 9 / Laudisoit et al.2009
Ammospermophilus leucurus / 7 / 14 / Jenkins and Grundmann 1973
Apodemus flavicollis / 16 / 2466 / Nazarova 1981
Apodemus sylvaticus / 3 / 82 / Stanko et al. 2002
Arvicola terrestris / 11 / 1054 / Nazarova 1981
Cavia aperea / 2 / 143 / Dittmar 2002
Chiropodomys gliroides / 2 / 6 / Adler et al. 2001
Clethrionomys glareolus / 24 / 17966 / Nazarova 1981
Cynomys leucurus / 8 / 208 / Anderson and Williams 1997
Cynomys ludovicianus / 4 / 290 / Keitzmann 1987
Dipodomys merriami / 2 / 189 / Casebeer 1965
Dipodomys ordii / 7 / 2232 / Morlan 1955
Gerbillus pyramidum / 3 / 100 / Krasnov et al.2006
Jaculus jaculus / 4 / 16 / Theodor and Costa 1967
Lophuromys flavopunctatus / 4 / 53 / Amatre et al. 2009
Marmota monax / 1 / 5 / Main 1983
Micromys minutus / 4 / 14 / Sapegina et al. 1981
Microtus agrestis / 11 / 69 / Nazarova 1981
Microtus arvalis / 19 / 2182 / Nazarova 1981
Microtus californicus / 4 / 879 / Stark 2002
Microtus montanus / 5 / 25 / Murray 1965
Microtus ochrogaster / 4 / 69 / Verts 1961
Microtus pennsylvanicus / 4 / 17 / Amin 1976
Microtus subterraneus / 8 / 91 / Stanko et al. 2002
Mus musculus / 3 / 461 / Sartbaev 1975
Neotoma micropus / 4 / 24 / Tiagarajan et al. 2008
Perognathus longimembris / 1 / 62 / Casebeer 1965
Perognathus boylii / 9 / 63 / Davis et al. 2002
Peromyscus californicus / 7 / 72 / Linsdale and Davis 1956
Peromyscus gossypinus / 3 / 64 / Durden et al.2000
Peromyscus leucopus / 7 / 16 / Morlan 1952
Peromyscus maniculatus / 15 / 330 / Daviset al. 2002
Peromyscus truei / 11 / 149 / Linsdale and Davis 1956
Rhabdomys pumilio / 8 / 510 / Matthee and Krasnov 2009
Sciurus carolinensis / 2 / 161 / Main 1983
Sciurusniger / 2 / 4 / Amin 1976
Sciurus vulgaris / 1 / 70 / Nazarova 1981
Sigmodon hispidus / 2 / 23 / Durden et al. 2000
Spermophilus lateralis / 11 / 24 / Jenkinsand Grundmann 1973
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus / 1 / 8 / Verts 1961
Tamias minimus / 5 / 398 / Allred 1968
Tamias striatus / 6 / 217 / Amin 1976
Table S2 Data on mite species richness for 35 rodent species
Species / Number of mite species / Number of hosts examined / SourceA. chrysophilus / 3 / 46 / Braak et al. 1996
A. leucurus / 2 / 14 / Jenkins and Grundmann 1973
A. flavicollis / 7 / 250 / Shechenko et al. 1975
A. sylvaticus / 14 / 18201 / Lopatina et al. 1978
A. terrestris / 14 / 894 / Korallo 2004
C. aperea / 1 / 143 / Dittmar 2002
C. glareolus / 15 / 548 / Ambros et al. 2001
C. leucurus / 1 / 13 / Allred and Beck 1966
C. ludovicianus / 1 / 41 / Keitzmann 1987
D. merriami / 6 / 152 / Allred and Beck 1966
D. microps / 5 / 87 / Allred and Beck 1966
D. ordii / 2 / 363 / Reizen and Best 1973
G. pyramidum / 4 / 114 / Theodor and Costa 1967
J. jaculus / 1 / 16 / Theodor and Costa 1967
M. minutus / 11 / 153 / VolkovandTchernykh 1977
M. agrestis / 12 / 186 / Korallo et al. 2007
M. arvalis / 14 / 29797 / Lopatina et al. 1998
M. montanus / 4 / 25 / Murray 1965
M. ochrogaster / 5 / 59 / Ritzi and Whitaker 2003
M. musculus / 13 / 421 / Sartbaev 1975
N. micropus / 2 / 790 / Johnson 1966
O. zibethicus / 2 / 85 / Garbuzov 1958
P. longimembris / 2 / 72 / Allred and Beck 1966
P. boylii / 2 / 13 / Allred and Beck 1966
P. crinitus / 12 / 128 / Allred and Beck 1966
P. eremicus / 2 / 198 / Allred and Beck 1966
P. gossypinus / 2 / 64 / Durden et al. 2000
P. leucopus / 5 / 60 / Ritzi and Whitaker 2003
P. maniculatus / 4 / 28 / Ritzi and Whitaker 2003
P. truei / 8 / 189 / Allred and Beck 1966
R. pumilio / 11 / 510 / Matthee and Krasnov 2009
S. vulgaris / 2 / 52 / VolkovandTchernykh 1977
S. lateralis / 1 / 24 / Jenkins and Grundmann 1973
Spermophilus townsendii / 1 / 25 / Jenkins and Grundmann 1973
S. tridecemlineatus / 2 / 5 / Allred and Beck 1966
Table S3 Data on helminth species richness for 36 rodent species
Species / Number of helminth species / Number of hosts examined / SourceA. leucurus / 3 / 135 / Jenkinsand Grundmann 1973
A. flavicollis / 8 / 230 / Ferrari 2005
A. sylvaticus / 7 / 137 / Feliu et al. 1997
A. terrestris / 10 / 257 / Feliu et al. 1997
C. aperea / 5 / 143 / Dittmar 2002
C. glareolus / 6 / 88 / Lewis and Twigg 1972
C. leucurus / 4 / 17 / SevilleandWilliam 1989
C. ludovicianus / 2 / 50 / Pfaffenberger et al. 1984
D. merriami / 7 / 199 / King and Babero 1974
D. ordii / 1 / 124 / Pfaffenberger et al. 1985
M. monax / 9 / 446 / Fleming et al.1979
Melomys cervinipes / 33 / 111 / Smales et al. 2004
M. agrestis / 17 / 171 / Feliu et al.1997
M. arvalis / 13 / 311 / Feliu et al.1997
M. montanus / 3 / 26 / Kinsella 1967
M. pennsylvanicus / 8 / 37 / Hall and Sonnenberg 1955
M. musculus / 15 / 758 / Feliu et al. 1997
Myocastor coypus / 5 / 11 / Babero et al.1979
O. zibethicus / 6 / 154 / Abram 1969
P. gossypinus / 15 / 86 / Kinsella 1991
P. leucopus / 3 / 109 / Baker et al. 1987
P. maniculatus / 5 / 80 / Zenchak and Hall 1981
Rattus norvegicus / 23 / 654 / Feliu et al. 1997
Rattus rattus / 15 / 116 / Feliu et al. 1997
Rattus sordidus / 8 / 86 / Smales 1992
S. carolinensis / 14 / 270 / Davidson 1976
S. niger / 18 / 181 / Coyner et al. 1996
S. hispidus / 5 / 113 / Boggs et al. 1991
S. beldingi / 4 / 12 / Jenkins and Grundmann 1979
S. lateralis / 6 / 100 / Jenkins and Grundmann1979
S. townsendii / 4 / 117 / Wilber et al. 1996
Tamias amoenus / 5 / 21 / Mc Bee and Hendricks1973
T. minimus / 4 / 11 / McGee 1980
Tamias palmeri / 4 / 168 / Arche et al. 1988
T. striatus / 8 / 43 / Rausch and Tiner 1948
T. indica / 2 / 15 / Singla et al.2008
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