Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Highfin dogfish

Anostirus castaneus compared with Centroscyllium excelsum

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Highfin dogfish is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Highfin dogfish
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Elasmobranchii
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Squaliformes (Squaliformes)
Family	Elateridae	Etmopteridae
Genus	Anostirus	Centroscyllium
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Centroscyllium excelsum

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Highfin dogfish share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Highfin dogfish

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Highfin dogfish
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.

Highfin dogfish

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.