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[[Image:Demodex canis.jpg|right|thumb|150px|''Demodex canis'' - Wikimedia Commons]]

[[Image:Demodex canis.jpg|right|thumb|150px|''Demodex canis'' - Wikimedia Commons]]

*''Demodex spp.'' found on all domestic mammals and in humans

''Demodex spp.'' are found on all domestic mammals as well as in humans and are usually a commensal organism. Each host has a specific species of the ''Demodex'' mite. A clinical infection of ''Demodex spp.'' is termed demodicosis.

**Each host has its own species

===Identification===

 

The Demodex species have a distinctive cigar shaped appearance

==Recognition==

*Cigar shaped

*Four pairs of stumpy legs on the anterior end

*Four pairs of stumpy legs on the anterior end