From:
swamp
Date: 2003-03-24 06:12:36 UTC
Subject: Re: URGENT: squirrel?????
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.2.20030323212243.00a6e0f8@mail>
At 09:51 PM 3/23/2003 -0500, Patti wrote:
>http://www.squirrel-rehab.org/ for links to helping the squirrel.
>
>Squirrels are from the family Rodentia, I think.
Sorry to nitpick, but Rodentia and Carnivora are Orders, both subsets of
Class Mammalia, of which squirrels are in the subset sciuridae Family as SC
noted. Ferrets are Animalia/Chordata (vertebrata)/Mammalia/Carnivora/Weasel
(mustelidae)/*mustela furo*. (Sub-Phylum and sub-Family in parentheses).
> Only from the carnivora family, the canines and mustelids
>gets canine distemper.
In the Order Carnivora, large felids (leopards, lions, tigers) also get
canine distemper
> Raccoons, skunks, dogs get canine distemper.
I've never heard of CD in skunks, but raccoons and dogs (obviously) are
reservoirs.
Wish I could help with the squirrel. Don't know much about them, though.
--Rob