Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Lesser bilby

Anostirus castaneus compared with Macrotis leucura

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Lesser bilby is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Lesser bilby
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Peramelemorphia (Peramelemorphia)
Family	Elateridae	Thylacomyidae
Genus	Anostirus	Macrotis
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Macrotis leucura

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Lesser bilby

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Lesser bilby
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.

Lesser bilby

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.