Table 1 Reported hosts of Dermacentor reticulatus

Yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis)

L, N

Europe

[22, 33]

Wood mouse (A. sylvaticus)

L, N

Europe

[22, 279, 280]

Striped field mouse (A. agrarius)

L, N

Eurasia

[22, 279–281]

Northern birch mouse (Sicista betulina)

L, N

Northern Europe, Western Russia

[281]

European pine vole (Microtus subterraneus)

L, N

Europe

[22]

Common vole (Mi. arvalis)

L, N

Europe, Western Russia

[22, 280, 281]

Narrow-headed vole (Mi. gregalis)

L, N

Asia

[279]

Root vole (Mi. oeconomus)

L, N

Eurasia

[279, 281]

Field vole (Mi. agrestis)

L, N

Europe, Western Russia

[281]

Major’s pine vole (Mi. majori)

L, N

Caucasus, North-western Iran

[282]

Bank vole (Myodes glareolus)

L, N

Europe, Western Russia

[22, 280, 281]

Northern red-backed vole (My. rutilus)

L, N

Eurasia

[279]

European water vole (Arvicola amphibius)

L, N

Eurasia

[72]

Eurasian harvest mouse (Micromys minutus)

L, N

Eurasia

[281]

European hamster (Cricetus cricetus)

L, N

Europe, South-western Russia

[279]

Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)

L

Eurasia

[279]

Red-cheeked ground squirrel (Spermophilus erythrogenys)

L

Asian steppes

[279]

European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

L, N, A

Europe

[22]

European hare (Lepus europeus)

L, N, A

Eurasia

[22, 283]

Common shrew (Sorex araneus)

L, N, A

Europe, Russia

[22, 72, 279–281, 284]

Eurasian pygmy shrew (So. minutus)

L, N

Europe, Russia

[22, 281]

Eurasian water shrew (Neomys fodiens)

L, N

Europe, Russia

[22, 281]

European mole (Talpa europea)

L, N

Europe, Western Russia

[281]

Northern white-breasted hedgehog (Erinaceus roumanicus)

L, N, A

Eastern Europe, Western Russia

[22, 283]

European hedgehog (E. europeus)

N, A

Western Europe

[283]

Least weasel (Mustela nivalis)

L, N, A

Eurasia

[22, 279–281]

Stoat (Mu. erminea)

N

Eurasia

[279]

European polecat (Mu. putorius)

N, A

Europe, Western Russia

[22, 285]

European badger (Meles meles)

A

Europe

[286]

Racoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)

A

Europe

[140]

Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)

N^b, A

Europe,

[22, 59, 69, 280, 287, 288]

Fallow deer (Dama dama)

A

Europe

[62]

Red deer (Cervus elaphus)

N^b, A

Europe, Western Asia

[22, 59, 279–281, 285, 288, 289]

Moose (Alces alces)

A

Eurasia

[68, 289]

European bison or wisent (Bison bonasus)

A

Europe, Western Russia

[60, 144, 290–292]

Wild boar (Sus scrofa)

A

Eurasia

[22, 59, 61, 70, 285, 289, 293]

Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

A

Eurasia

[22, 31, 61, 286, 294–296]

Golden jackal (Canis aureus)

A

Eurasia

[52]

Gray wolf (Canis lupus)

A

Eurasia

[42]

Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus)

A

Iberian Peninsula

[286]

Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

N^b

Eurasia

[50]

Blackbird (Turdus merula)

N^b

Eurasia

[50]

Mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus)

L^b

Eurasia

[50]

Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius)

N^b

Eurasia

[22]

Medow pipit (Anthus pratensis)

N^b

Eurasia

[53]

Tree pipit (Anthus trivialis)

L^b,N^b

Eurasia

[51]

Song thrush (Turdus philomelos)

N^b

Eurasia

[51]

Green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)

N^b

Eurasia

[51]

Yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava)

L^b

Eurasia

[51]

White wagtail (Motacilla alba)

L^b, N^b

Eurasia

[51]

Reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)

N^b

Eurasia

[51]

Siberian stonechat (Saxicola maurus)

L^b

Eurasia

[51]

House sparrow (Passer domesticus)

L^b

Eurasia

[51]

Tree sparrow (Passer montanus)

L^b, N^b

Eurasia

[51]

Pig (Sus scrofa domesticus )

A

entire D. reticulatus range

[22]

Sheep (Ovis aries)

A

entire D. reticulatus range

[22, 61, 72, 280, 283, 284, 287]

Goat (Capra aegagrus hircus)

L^b, N^b, A

entire D. reticulatus range

[22, 59, 245, 280, 283, 284, 297]

Cattle (Bos taurus)

A

entire D. reticulatus range

[60, 61]

Horse (Equus caballus)

A

entire D. reticulatus range

[60, 61, 69, 245]

Donkey (Eq. africanus asinus)

A

entire D. reticulatus range

[10]

Cat (Felis catus)

A

entire D. reticulatus range

[69, 113, 280, 285, 287]

Dog (Ca. lupus familiaris)

N^b, A

entire D. reticulatus range

[25, 26, 60, 61, 113, 245, 288, 298]

Human

N^b, A

entire D. reticulatus range

[4, 54–56, 59, 61–66, 69, 280, 284]