Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Anostirus castaneus compared with Lepilemur dorsalis

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Gray’s Sportive Lemur is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Gray’s Sportive Lemur
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Elateridae	Lepilemuridae
Genus	Anostirus	Lepilemur
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Lepilemur dorsalis

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Gray’s Sportive Lemur share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Gray’s Sportive Lemur
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

The Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle (Anostirus castaneus) is a species in the genus Anostirus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.