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Notoedric mange, also referred to as Feline scabies, is a highly contagious skin infestation caused by an ectoparasitic and skin burrowing mite Notoedres cati (Acarina, Sarcoptidae). N. cati is primarily a parasite of felids , but it can also infest rodents , lagomorphs , and occasionally also dogs and foxes.
Mange (/ ˈ m eɪ n dʒ /) is a type of skin disease caused by parasitic mites. [1] Because various species of mites also infect plants, birds and reptiles, the term "mange", or colloquially "the mange", suggesting poor condition of the skin and fur due to the infection, is sometimes reserved for pathological mite-infestation of nonhuman mammals.
Mange can be fatal if untreated, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Commission. The Hilltown police department said that it had not yet received a report of a mangy animal in the area, but ...
The park is also a trailhead for the hiking, mountain biking and snow mobile trails in Bald Eagle State Forest. Most of the trails in the park are open to mountain biking except for Rapid Run Trail and Mid State Trail and part of Overlook Trail. R. B. Winter State Park is open to cross-country skiing and snowmobiling during the winter months. [1]
The article says that several different "species" can get mange, but doesn't say which ones. How many kinds of mammals get mange; does it affect only a few families, or are the majority of mammals susceptible to it? Can other kinds of animals get mange, or is it restricted to mammals? 75.210.190.247 07:42, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
[14] [15] Mountain lion sightings are uncommon but have prompted park closures on multiple occasions. [16] Coyotes, bobcats, raccoons, grey foxes, and both striped and spotted skunks are frequent throughout the park. The elusive american badger has not been sighted within the park, but is known to inhabit the greater surrounding wilderness.
SkyPark at Santa's Village is an outdoor adventure park with year-round mountain biking, hiking, fly fishing and open air activities in the Skyforest section of Lake Arrowhead, California. It opened on December 2, 2016, on the site of the former Santa's Village amusement park, which operated from 1955 until 1998.
Sierra Nevada red foxes are one of three fox subspecies in the montane clade of North America, occurring in the Cascade Mountains south of the Columbia River and California's Sierra Nevada range. [4] [5] Joseph Grinnell identified separated montane fox populations in the Oregon Cascades, Mount Shasta, Lassen Peak, and Sierra Nevada in 1937. [6]