Ticks on the Edible Dormouse (Glis glis)

Rodents in central Europe, such as the Edible Dormouse , are common hosts for many ectoparasites, including ticks. One of most extensively studied tick species is Ixodes ricinus, whose geographic distribution extends from Scandinavia to Morocco. In 2014, a new North African I. inopinatus was described and found Morocco, Tunisia, Iberian Peninsula, peripherally also Romania, Austria, southern Germany. Both were reported sympatry Europe (Spain Portugal) where they feed mainly on lizards. During period early June October 2016-2019, we captured 4597 dormice calculated rate infestation. Our results show that mean prevalence ticks dormouse population 31.9 %. next step, 400 2019 (255 larvae, 144 nymphs, 1 adult) identified morphologically by multiplex-PCR distinguish ricinus . The our analysis first report feeding rodents.