PR Notice 2023-01; Appendix
| Vertebrate Pests | ||
| Pest | Scientific Name | Public Health Importance/ Possible Clinical Significance |
| Other Mammals (continued) | ||
| Mountain lion (cougar) | Puma concolor | Toxoplasmosis, plague, rabies, leptospirosis |
| Nutria | Myocastor coypus | Tuberculosis, septicemia, rabies, leptospirosis |
| Porcupine | Erethizon dorsatum | Rabies, tularemia, direct injury |
| North American beaver | Castor canadensis | Giardiasis, leptospirosis, hantavirus, direct injury, waterway impoundment that can lead to life-threatening flooding |
| Badger | Taxidea taxus | Rabies, direct injury |
| Muskrat | Ondatra zibethicus | Leptospirosis, tularemia |
| Striped skunk | Mephitis mephitis | Leptospirosis, tularemia, direct injury |
| Spotted skunk | Spilogale putorius | |
| Raccoon | Procyon lotor | |
| Rabbits | Family Leporidae | Cryptosporidosis, tularemia, rabbit hemorrhagic fever |
| Virginia opossum | Didelphis virginiana | Leptospirosis, tularemia, direct injury |
| Nine-banded armadillo | Dasypus novemcinctus | Leprosy, Chagas disease |
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