Bed-jacket vs Duck Flea

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Ceratophyllus garei

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Duck Flea is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Duck Flea

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Duck Flea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

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

Duck Flea

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.