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Wood Tick

Arachnids

The wood tick, also known as the Rocky Mountain wood tick, is a hard tick with three life stages, larva, nymph and adult, found mainly in the northwestern United States and southwestern Canada along the Rocky Mountains. It is a vector for Colorado tick fever and can also transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia. The tick does not feed on humans during its larval and nymphal stages but does so as an adult, and adult females can feed on a host for five to fifteen days. Prevention centers on limiting exposure in wooded and wet areas and checking the body thoroughly for ticks after time outdoors.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Parasitic 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Disease Vector 1
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
GNR Unranked 3
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 2
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Parasitiformes, Taxa
Source Wikidata: American Dog Tick

In Biome

Boreal Forest, Biomes
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Dermacentor variabilis
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Australia

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Denmark

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North America

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Norway

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United States

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Sources
1. Wikidata: American Dog Tick
  • Wikidata Q4297977, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikipedia 'Dermacentor variabilis': diseases are spread when it sucks blood from the host
  • Wikipedia 'Dermacentor variabilis': known to carry bacteria responsible for several diseases in humans, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever
  • Child Taxon Of: Parasitiformes, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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2. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Dermacentor variabilis
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
  • Habitat Regions, Dermacentor variabilis
    Habitat Regions temperate temperate terrestrial terrestrial
  • Conservation Status: CITES
    CITES No special status
  • In Biome: Boreal Forest, Habitat Regions, biome: taiga
    taiga taiga
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3. NatureServe Explorer: Dermacentor variabilis
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "GNR"
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4. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Dermacentor variabilis
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 2183465, category field
Quote, GBIF taxon key 2183465, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
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