Allen's Olingo vs Confused flour beetle

Bassaricyon alleni compared with Tribolium confusum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Allen's Olingo	Confused flour beetle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Procyonidae (Raccoons)	Tenebrionidae
Genus	Bassaricyon	Tribolium
Species	Bassaricyon alleni	Tribolium confusum

Evolutionary Relationship

Allen's Olingo and Confused flour beetle share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Allen's Olingo

LC — Least Concern

Confused flour beetle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Allen's Olingo	Confused flour beetle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Allen's Olingo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Confused flour beetle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (China, Japan, Mongolia), Europe (25 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), and South America (Colombia, Venezuela).

Allen's Olingo

The Allen's Olingo (Bassaricyon alleni) is a species in the genus Bassaricyon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇻🇪 Venezuela