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is for... Elephant Lice
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Elephant lice has both chewing mouth parts suggestive of the Mallophaga order, and it has an esophageal pump suggestive of the Anoplura order. Because the elephant has little in the way of hair, the elephant lice hold onto their host by means of sinking their teeth in the skin.The elephant lice actually lives on elephants. It hides between the fold of thick skin on the elephants body. |
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Natural History Museum, London
Last updated: Aug. 31, 2000