Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Kosrae Flying Fox

Anostirus castaneus compared with Pteropus ualanus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Kosrae Flying Fox is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Kosrae Flying Fox
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Elateridae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Anostirus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Pteropus ualanus

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Kosrae Flying Fox share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Kosrae Flying Fox

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Kosrae Flying Fox
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.

Kosrae Flying Fox

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.