Ixodes texanus is a species of ticks in the genus Ixodes. It mainly infects raccoons (Procyon lotor),Wilson and Durden, 2003, p. 1215 but has also been recorded on the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in Georgia.Wilson and Durden, 2003, table 1
See also List of parasites of the marsh rice rat
References
Literature cited Wilson, N. and Durden, L.A. 2003. Ectoparasites of terrestrial vertebrates inhabiting the Georgia Barrier Islands, USA: an inventory and preliminary biogeographical analysis (subscription required). Journal of Biogeography 30(8):1207–1220.