a bird flea vs Bed-jacket

Ceratophyllus farreni compared with Alectryon tomentosus

Key Differences

• a bird flea is Not Evaluated while Bed-jacket is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	a bird flea	Bed-jacket
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Siphonaptera (Siphonaptera)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Ceratophyllidae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Ceratophyllus	Alectryon
Species	Ceratophyllus farreni	Alectryon tomentosus

Conservation Status

a bird flea

NE — Not Evaluated

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	a bird flea	Bed-jacket
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

a bird flea

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

a bird flea

The a bird flea (Ceratophyllus farreni) is a species in the genus Ceratophyllus. It is not yet evaluated on the IUCN Red List. It is found across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, inhabiting diverse terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.