Can anyone identify these mites found on fecal floats from Rattus norvegicus?

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Matt Colloff

Dear Camille-Marie,

They look like a species belonging to the family Listrophoridae (hair mites). Cannot be sure from your photos, but there's a fair degree of host specificity. Afrolistrophorus is the genus associated with rats. Cheers, Matt

Camille-marie Coomansingh Springer

Thanks for your input Matt & Monyer.

Ikhlas Abbas Marhoon

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/parasitology/article/parasites-of-wild-brown-rats-rattus-norvegicus-on-uk-farms/7B865AD06880D02828509FB83B5C3EFB

Noor Idan Jarad

may be belong to listophoridae