Brown Carpet Beetle vs Pacific Flying Fox

Attagenus smirnovi compared with Pteropus tonganus

Key Differences

• Brown Carpet Beetle is Not Evaluated while Pacific Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Carpet Beetle	Pacific Flying Fox
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Dermestidae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Attagenus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Attagenus smirnovi	Pteropus tonganus

Evolutionary Relationship

Brown Carpet Beetle and Pacific Flying Fox share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Brown Carpet Beetle

NE — Not Evaluated

Pacific Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Carpet Beetle	Pacific Flying Fox
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).

Pacific Flying Fox

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.