Bed-jacket vs Long-legged bat tick

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Ixodes vespertilionis

Key Differences

  • Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Long-legged bat tick is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bed-jacket Long-legged bat 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 vespertilionis

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Long-legged bat tick

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bed-jacket Long-legged bat 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.

Long-legged bat tick

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Range

Distributed across Sweden and Taiwan.

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.

Long-legged bat tick

No description available.

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