Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs marsh rice rat

Anostirus castaneus compared with Oryzomys palustris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	marsh rice rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Elateridae	Cricetidae
Genus	Anostirus	Oryzomys
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Oryzomys palustris

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and marsh rice rat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

marsh rice rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	marsh rice rat
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.

marsh rice rat

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.