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Ornate Sheep Tick

Dermacentor marginatus

Classification

Order
Ixodida
Family
Ixodidae

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.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Germany · 1,085France · 320Spain · 214Italy · 56Luxembourg · 9Netherlands · 2Switzerland · 2