Bed-jacket vs Dog tick

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Ixodes canisuga

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Dog tick is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Dog tick
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Ixodida (Ixodida)
Family	Sapindaceae	Ixodidae
Genus	Alectryon	Ixodes
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Ixodes canisuga

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Dog tick

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Dog tick
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Dog tick

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Range

Distributed across Luxembourg and Sweden.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.