Bed-jacket vs Shrew tick

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Ixodes trianguliceps

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Shrew 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 trianguliceps

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Shrew tick

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Shrew 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.

Shrew tick

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, 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.