Candle Firefly vs Incan shrew opossum

Pyractomena angulata compared with Lestoros inca

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Candle Firefly	Incan shrew opossum
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Paucituberculata (Paucituberculata)
Family	Lampyridae	Caenolestidae
Genus	Pyractomena	Lestoros
Species	Pyractomena angulata	Lestoros inca

Evolutionary Relationship

Candle Firefly and Incan shrew opossum share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Candle Firefly

LC — Least Concern

Incan shrew opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Candle Firefly	Incan shrew opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Candle Firefly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Incan shrew opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Candle Firefly

The Candle Firefly (Pyractomena angulata) is a species in the genus Pyractomena. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.