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Sagar bat tick

Carios chiropterphila Dhanda & Rajagopalan, 1971

Status not recordedarachnids

The sagar bat tick (Carios chiropterphila) is a species in the family Argasidae, order Ixodida. Source checklists list it for 1 country: India.

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Quick facts about the sagar bat tick

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the sagar bat tick live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The sagar bat tick is listed for 1 country.

India
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. India

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the sagar bat tick endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the sagar bat tick classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderIxodida
  5. familyArgasidae
  6. genusCarios
  7. SpeciesCarios chiropterphila Dhanda & Rajagopalan, 1971

Synonyms Alectorobius chiropterphila, Ornithodoros chiropterphila

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the sagar bat tick

Other species in the same genus Carios.

Bat tampan

Carios vespertilionis

ArgasidaeNo free photo yet

Bat tick

Carios kelleyi

ArgasidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the sagar bat tick live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the sagar bat tick for 1 country: India. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the sagar bat tick?

The sagar bat tick (Carios chiropterphila) belongs to the family Argasidae in the order Ixodida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Sagar bat tick (Carios chiropterphila). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/sagar-bat-tick

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{sagar_bat_tick_2026,
  title = {Sagar bat tick (Carios chiropterphila)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sagar-bat-tick},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}