Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Taruca

Anostirus castaneus compared with Hippocamelus antisensis

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Taruca is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Taruca
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Elateridae	Cervidae (Deer)
Genus	Anostirus	Hippocamelus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Hippocamelus antisensis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Taruca

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Taruca
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.

Taruca

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.