Castor bean tick vs Tiger

Ixodes ricinus compared with Panthera tigris

Key Differences

• Castor bean tick is Not Evaluated while Tiger is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Castor bean tick	Tiger
Kingdom same	Animalia (動物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Arthropoda (節足動物)	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Arachnida (クモガタ類)	Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order	Ixodida (マダニ)	Carnivora (ネコ目)
Family	Ixodidae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Ixodes	Panthera (Big Cats)
Species	Ixodes ricinus	Panthera tigris

Evolutionary Relationship

Castor bean tick and Tiger share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (動物)

Conservation Status

Castor bean tick

NE — Not Evaluated

Tiger

EN — Endangered

Population: ~4.5K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Castor bean tick	Tiger
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	20 years
Average Length	—	3.0 m
Average Weight	—	220.0 kg

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).

Tiger

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.

Tiger

地球上最大の野生ネコ科動物で、体重が300kgを超えることもあり、ロシア極東から東南アジアにかけての森林に生息する。まだら光の中で擬態効果を持つ独特のオレンジと黒の縞模様の毛皮を持つ単独待ち伏せ型捕食者である。密猟と森林破壊により野生個体数が4,000頭未満に減少した深刻な危機（CR）種である。