Blackboard Tree vs Shrew tick

Alstonia scholaris compared with Ixodes trianguliceps

Key Differences

• Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while Shrew tick is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Shrew tick
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Ixodida (Ixodida)
Family	Apocynaceae	Ixodidae
Genus	Alstonia	Ixodes
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Ixodes trianguliceps

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Shrew tick

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Shrew tick
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blackboard Tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Taiwan, and United States.

Shrew tick

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

Blackboard Tree

The Blackboard Tree (Alstonia scholaris) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.