American Dog Tick
Dermacentor variabilis
Living individuals or members of this group exist today. This does not mean they are safe from extinction.
Eight-legged animals: spiders, scorpions, ticks and mites.
Classification
- Common name
- American Dog Tick
- Browse group
- Arachnids
- Scientific name or taxon
- Dermacentor variabilis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Order
- Ixodida
- Family
- Ixodidae
- Genus
- Dermacentor
- Source classification
- Arachnida
Taxonomy checked against GBIF. For breeds and hybrids, this describes the listed parent taxon.
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Sources
- A–Z Animals: American Dog Tick · Directory entry
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