Dog Ticks
Dermacentor
Dermacentor is a genus of ticks in the family Ixodidae, the hard ticks. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with native species on all continents except Australia.
Hosts of Dermacentor ticks include many large and small mammals, including horses, deer, cattle, lagomorphs, peccaries, porcupines, tapirs, desert bighorn sheep, and humans. The American dog tick (D. variabilis) is a member of the genus.
23 branches of this genus, most-observed first
American Dog Tick
speciesDermacentor variabilis
Pacific Coast Tick
speciesDermacentor occidentalis
Ornate Cow Tick
speciesDermacentor reticulatus
Ornate Sheep Tick
speciesDermacentor marginatus
Rocky Mountain Wood Tick
speciesDermacentor andersoni
Western Dog Tick
speciesDermacentor similis
Winter tick
speciesDermacentor albipictus
Rhinoceros Tick
speciesDermacentor rhinocerinus
Bighorn Sheep Tick
speciesDermacentor hunteri
Dermacentor auratus
speciesDermacentor auratus
Dermacentor taiwanensis
speciesDermacentor taiwanensis
Elephant Tick
speciesDermacentor circumguttatus
Dermacentor nuttalli
speciesDermacentor nuttalli
Dermacentor dissimilis
speciesDermacentor dissimilis
Dermacentor silvarum
speciesDermacentor silvarum
Dermacentor parumapertus
speciesDermacentor parumapertus
Dermacentor steini
speciesDermacentor steini
Dermacentor compactus
speciesDermacentor compactus
Dermacentor dispar
speciesDermacentor dispar
Javalina Tick
speciesDermacentor halli
Dermacentor imitans
speciesDermacentor imitans
Dermacentor latus
speciesDermacentor latus
Tropical Horse Tick
speciesDermacentor nitens
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 52156.