PR Notice 2023-01; Appendix
| Vertebrate Pests | ||
| Pest | Scientific Name | Public Health Importance/ Possible Clinical Significance |
| Mammals | ||
| Bats | ||
| Big brown bat | Eptesicus fuscus | Rabies, histoplasmosis, salmonellosis, yersiniosis, Nipah virus, Ebola virus, SARS coronavirus |
| Little brown bat | Myotis lucifugus | |
| Brazilian (Mexican) free-tailed bat | Tadarida brasiliensis | |
| Big eared bat | Corynorhinus townsendii | |
| Common vampire bat | Demodus rotundus | |
| Mice | ||
| House mouse | Mus musculus | Hantavirus, salmonellosis, tularemia, leptospirosis, lymphocytic chorio-meningitis, rat bite fever, other diseases, allergy and asthma triggers from urine/hair/dander |
| Deer mouse | Peromyscus maniculatus | |
| Cotton mouse | Peromyscus gossypinus | |
| White-footed mouse (White-footed deer mouse) | Peromyscus leucopus | |
| Eastern harvest mouse | Reithrodontomys humuli | |
| Golden mouse | Ochrotomys nuttalli | |
| Rats | ||
| Norway rat | Rattus norvegicus | Leptospirosis, plague, rat bite fever, salmonellosis, tularemia, lymphocytic chorio-meningitis, direct injury, allergy and asthma triggers from urine/hair/dander |
| Roof rat | Rattus rattus | |
| Polynesian rat | Rattus exulans | |
| Cotton rats | Sigmodon spp. | |
| Mexican woodrat | Neotoma mexicana | |
| Southern plains woodrat | Neotoma micropus | |
| White-throated woodrat | Neotoma albigula | |
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