Brown Carpet Beetle vs Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

Attagenus smirnovi compared with Belomys pearsonii

Key Differences

• Brown Carpet Beetle is Not Evaluated while Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Carpet Beetle	Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Dermestidae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Attagenus	Belomys
Species	Attagenus smirnovi	Belomys pearsonii

Evolutionary Relationship

Brown Carpet Beetle and Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Brown Carpet Beetle

NE — Not Evaluated

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Carpet Beetle	Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel
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).

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

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.