Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Inquisitive Shrew Mole

Anostirus castaneus compared with Uropsilus investigator

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Inquisitive Shrew Mole is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Inquisitive Shrew Mole
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Elateridae	Talpidae
Genus	Anostirus	Uropsilus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Uropsilus investigator

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Inquisitive Shrew Mole share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Inquisitive Shrew Mole

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Inquisitive Shrew Mole
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.

Inquisitive Shrew Mole

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.