Family overview
Includes the most common pet and human-pest fleas.
Cat flea is the most common flea found on dogs AND cats. Rat fleas vectored bubonic plague.
At a glance
Family facts.
Distribution
Worldwide
Habitat
Parasitic
Approx. species
200
Notable members
Cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis), dog flea, human flea, oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis)