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Male Rhipicephalus sanguineus tick

A male Brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus from a superior, or dorsal view looking down on this Â“hard tickÂ’sÂ” scutum, or keratinized Â“shieldÂ” which entirely covers its back, identifying it as a male. In the female, the dorsal abdomen is only partially covered. Though not the primary vector for Rocky Mountain spotted fever like the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis, and the Â“Rocky Mountain wood tickÂ” D. andersoni, R. sanguineus has been found to be a less-common vector as well. This tick is distributed throughout the world. It also is known to transmit diseases to animals including canine babesiosis, bovine anaplasmosis, East Coast fever and Texas cattle fever. It can also spread tularemia, and tick-borne typhus to human beings.

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Title: Male Rhipicephalus sanguineus tick

Caption: A male Brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus from a superior, or dorsal view looking down on this Â“hard tickÂ’sÂ” scutum, or keratinized Â“shieldÂ” which entirely covers its back, identifying it as a male. In the female, the dorsal abdomen is only partially covered. Though not the primary vector for Rocky Mountain spotted fever like the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis, and the Â“Rocky Mountain wood tickÂ” D. andersoni, R. sanguineus has been found to be a less-common vector as well. This tick is distributed throughout the world. It also is known to transmit diseases to animals including canine babesiosis, bovine anaplasmosis, East Coast fever and Texas cattle fever. It can also spread tularemia, and tick-borne typhus to human beings.

Category: SCIENCE • medical • Animals • nature

Credit: Album / Science Source / James Gathany/CDC

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Image size: 2550 × 3632 px | 26.5 MB

Print size: 21.6 × 30.8 cm | 1003.9 × 1429.9 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: ANAPLASMOSIS • ANIMALS • ARACHNID • ARTHROPOD • ARTHROPODA • ARTHROPODS • BABESIOSIS • BROWN DOG TICK • EAST COAST FEVER • ECTOPARASITE • MALE TICK • MEDICAL • NATURE • PARASITE • RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS • RHIPICEPHALUS • RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII • RMSF • ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER VECTOR • SCI • SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WISSENSCHAFT SCI • SCIENCE • SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY • SCIENCE_AND_TECHNOLOGY WISSENSCHAFT SCI • TEXAS CATTLE FEVER • TICK-BORNE TYPHUS • TULAREMIA • ZOONOSES • ZOONOTIC DISEASES