It closely resembles the cat flea, Ctenophalides felis, which can live on a wider range of animals and is generally more prevalent worldwide.
How can I get rid of cat fleas?
The cat flea is a small, sucking, insect of the order Siphonoptera.
The cat flea can also maintain its life cycle on other carnivores and on omnivores.
Humans can be bitten, though a long-term population of cat fleas cannot be sustained and infest people.
Another hot summer will produce an even worse plague of cat fleas than last year.
The cat flea is the vector of B. henselae among cats.
Perhaps he's allergic to cat fleas you know?
Experimental transmission of Bartonella henselae by the cat flea.
They're the source of most cat fleas.