Dermacentor albipictus
Winter tick | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Arachnida |
Subclass: | Acari |
Order: | Ixodida |
Family: | Ixodidae |
Genus: | Dermacentor |
Species: | D. albipictus |
Binomial name | |
Dermacentor albipictus (Packard, 1869) | |
Dermacentor albipictus, the winter tick, is a species of hard tick that is an external parasite of moose (Alces alces) in North America. Heavy infestations of up to 75,000 [1] ticks have been seen on single moose, and can lead to the death of the animal.[2]
There is evidence that the winter tick may be responsible for a steep decline in the Eastern moose population throughout the southern half of their range.[3]
References
- ↑ "What's a Ghost Moose? How Ticks Are Killing an Iconic Animal". National Geographic News. 2015-06-01. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
- ↑ Samuel, Bill. White as a Ghost: Winter Ticks & Moose. Federation of Alberta Naturalists. ISBN 978-0969613466.
- ↑ Hari Sreenivasan (2014-04-07). "What’s devastating the wild moose population in New England?". PBS Newshour. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
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