Rabbit fever tick

Haemaphysalis leporispalustris

Classification

Class: Arachnida
Order: Ixodida
Family: Ixodidae

Haemaphysalis leporispalustris, the rabbit tick (occasionally known as the grouse tick), is a species of tick that is widely distributed in the Americas, stretching from Alaska to Argentina. H. leporispalustris is known to have one of the largest distributions for a tick originating in the New World.

Distribution

Rabbit fever tick — (c) Timothy Lindsey, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 58Canada · 14

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Timothy Lindsey, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionHaemaphysalis leporispalustris, Wikipedia contributors

Rabbit fever tick

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