Castor bean tick vs Antilope du Tibet

Ixodes ricinus compared with Pantholops hodgsonii

Key Differences

• Castor bean tick is Not Evaluated while Antilope du Tibet is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Castor bean tick	Antilope du Tibet
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Arthropoda (arthropodes)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Arachnida (Arachnids)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Ixodida (tique)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Ixodidae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Ixodes	Pantholops
Species	Ixodes ricinus	Pantholops hodgsonii

Evolutionary Relationship

Castor bean tick and Antilope du Tibet share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (animal)

Conservation Status

Castor bean tick

NE — Not Evaluated

Antilope du Tibet

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Castor bean tick	Antilope du Tibet
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Castor bean tick

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Range

Found across Asia (Taiwan) and Europe (7 countries).

Antilope du Tibet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Castor bean tick

The Castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus) is a species in the genus Ixodes. Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Antilope du Tibet

The Chiru (Pantholops hodgsonii), also known as the Tibetan Antelope, is a bovid endemic to the Tibetan Plateau and adjacent high-altitude grasslands of China, with small populations in India. Males bear long, slender, nearly vertical horns that can exceed 70 centimetres in length, while females are hornless. The species is highly adapted to life at elevations of 3,700–5,500 metres, possessing a dense, fine underfur known as shahtoosh — one of the finest animal fibres in the world — which provided insulation against extreme cold but also made chiru a prime target for illegal poaching. Massive hunting pressure during the late twentieth century for shahtoosh shawl production devastated populations, which fell to as few as 75,000 individuals. Following intensified conservation efforts, trade bans, and anti-poaching patrols in China, numbers have partially recovered, though the species remains Near Threatened. Chiru are highly migratory; females undertake remarkable annual migrations of up to 300 kilometres to reach calving grounds in the Chang Tang plateau. Males typically remain at lower elevations year-round. They graze on grasses, sedges, and forbs, and face ongoing threats from climate change affecting high-altitude pasture productivity and from infrastructure development fragmenting migration corridors.