Tags: Arachnid.
Rhipicephalus microplus (formerly Boophilus microplus) is an economically important tick that parasitises a variety of livestock species; it is known as the cattle tick or southern cattle tick. It has been recorded on cattle buffalo horses donkeys goats sheep deer pigs dogs and some wild animals. It is found in Asia parts of Australia on Madagascar in southeastern Africa in the Caribbean South and Central America and Mexico.
