- Animals
- ›Arthropods
- ›Chelicerates
- ›Arachnids
- ›Mites and Ticks
- ›Parasitiformes
- ›Ticks
- ›Hardbacked Ticks
- ›Rhipicephalus
Brown Dog Tick
Rhipicephalus sanguineus
The brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus), commonly called kennel tick, or pan-tropical dog tick, is a species of tick which is found worldwide, but more commonly in warmer climates. This species is unusual among ticks in that its entire life cycle can be completed indoors.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
—
geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Rhipicephalus sanguineus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 229905.