---
title: "Taiga tick"
description: "Ixodes persulcatus — Insetos e aranhas. Ixodes persulcatus, the taiga tick, is a species of hard-bodied tick distributed from Europe through central and northern Asia to China and Japan."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/taiga-tick
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Taiga tick

> Ixodes persulcatus — Insetos e aranhas. Ixodes persulcatus, the taiga tick, is a species of hard-bodied tick distributed from Europe through central and northern Asia to China and Japan.

- Scientific name: *Ixodes persulcatus*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 607
- Wikidata: [Q640825](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q640825)
- iNaturalist taxon: [709145](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/709145)

## Names

- en: Taiga tick
- de: Taigazecke

## Countries with the most observations

RU (220), FI (8)

## Summary

Ixodes persulcatus, the taiga tick, is a species of hard-bodied tick distributed from Europe through central and northern Asia to China and Japan. The sexual dimorphism of the species is marked, the male being much smaller than the female. Hosts include wild and domestic ungulates, man, dog, rabbit, and other small mammals, including the dormouse, Amur hedgehog, and occasionally birds.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixodes_persulcatus

## Photo

![Taiga tick](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/taiga-tick/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/335507382

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/taiga-tick?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).