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Short answer: Yes. It is actually the brown tick which can be on other mammals as well as deer and dogs.

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Hi: I would add to this that any tick can be a carrier of Lyme. It is no longer thought that only deer ticks carry it. There are other tick borne diseases as well that they carry. take care, -J

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