Brown Carpet Beetle vs Pale-faced Bat

Attagenus smirnovi compared with Phylloderma stenops

Key Differences

• Brown Carpet Beetle is Not Evaluated while Pale-faced Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Carpet Beetle	Pale-faced Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Dermestidae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Attagenus	Phylloderma
Species	Attagenus smirnovi	Phylloderma stenops

Evolutionary Relationship

Brown Carpet Beetle and Pale-faced Bat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Brown Carpet Beetle

NE — Not Evaluated

Pale-faced Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Carpet Beetle	Pale-faced Bat
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).

Pale-faced Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, 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.