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Parasitologist
From wikipedia. I may have been wrong about squirrels and raccoons. Was recalling from memory. But other animals do contract leprosy.
Armadillos are often used in the study of leprosy, since they, along with mangabey monkeys, rabbits and mice (on their footpads), are among the few known non-human animal species that can contract the disease systemically. They are particularly susceptible due to their unusually low body temperature, which is hospitable to the leprosy bacterium.
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