Brown Carpet Beetle vs Northern Amazon Red Squirrel

Attagenus smirnovi compared with Sciurus igniventris

Key Differences

• Brown Carpet Beetle is Not Evaluated while Northern Amazon Red Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Carpet Beetle	Northern Amazon Red 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	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)
Species	Attagenus smirnovi	Sciurus igniventris

Evolutionary Relationship

Brown Carpet Beetle and Northern Amazon Red Squirrel share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Brown Carpet Beetle

NE — Not Evaluated

Northern Amazon Red Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Carpet Beetle	Northern Amazon Red 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).

Northern Amazon Red Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

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.