Brown Carpet Beetle vs Fat-tailed Jird

Attagenus smirnovi compared with Pachyuromys duprasi

Key Differences

• Brown Carpet Beetle is Not Evaluated while Fat-tailed Jird is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Carpet Beetle	Fat-tailed Jird
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Dermestidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Attagenus	Pachyuromys
Species	Attagenus smirnovi	Pachyuromys duprasi

Evolutionary Relationship

Brown Carpet Beetle and Fat-tailed Jird share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Brown Carpet Beetle

NE — Not Evaluated

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Carpet Beetle	Fat-tailed Jird
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown Carpet Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (13 countries).

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Brown Carpet Beetle

The Brown Carpet Beetle (Attagenus smirnovi) is a species in the genus Attagenus. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats. Found across Europe (13 countries). It is found across Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France.