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Louse
Louse
(plural:
lice
) is the common name for members of the
order
Phthiraptera, which contains nearly 5,000 species of wingless
insect
. Lice are
obligate parasites
, living externally on warm-blooded
hosts
which include every species of
bird
and
mammal
, except for
monotremes
,
pangolins
,
bats
and
cetaceans
. Lice are
vectors
of diseases such as
typhus
.
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