Tags: Arachnid.
Ixodes kaiseri is an Old World species of ixodid tick that parasitizes badgers foxes steppe polecats raccoon dogs and common hedgehogs in forest habitats and along heavily overgrown riverbanks and depressions in steppe habitats; they have also been collected from domestic dogs visiting these habitats. The specific epithet honors the scientific contributions of Dr. Makram N. Kaiser.I.