>>Amazondoc, I think with your professional background you will be qualified to answer this...I noticed in one of the articles we've been discussing it stated Raccoons spread worms (roundworms?) in their feces and it was a potential problem for Woodrats.
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>>I've always felt that domestic and wild feral cats were serious disease/parasite vectors (in their feces and through their fleas).
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>>My point being, isn't the spread of pathogens by cats as serious an issue as predation for the Woodrats? Same as with the Raccoons.

In this case, no. Raccoons carry their own set of intestinal parasites, one of which is a particularly nasty roundworm called Baylisascaris procyonis. I dunno if this is the roundworm the article is referring to, but there's a good chance that it is.
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0.1 Peruvian rainbow boa (Amaru)
2.0 Brazilian rainbow boas (TBA)
0.3 Honduran milksnakes (Chicchan, Chanir, Hari)
1.0 Thayeri kingsnake (TBA)
2.7 corns (Cetto, Tolosa, TBA)
1,000,000.1,000,000 other critters

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