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Roof rat-(rattus rattus)

The Roof rat (rattus rattus) is a host of bubonic plague.

A host is an organism which provides shelter for parasites. Parasites will live on the animal and may lay their eggs on them.

Images for kids

Buff ermine moth caterpillar, a polyphagous micropredator
Mycorrhiza, a mutualistic interaction between a plant's roots and a fungus
Cleaning symbiosis: a Hawaiian cleaner wrasse with its client, a yellowtail wrasse
Nurse shark playing host to commensal remoras, which gain a free ride and which may serve as cleaners

See also

In Spanish: Huésped (biología) para niños

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