Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Dromedary Camel

Anostirus castaneus compared with Camelus dromedarius

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Dromedary Camel is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Dromedary Camel
Kingdom same	Animalia (Tier)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)	Chordata (Chordatiere)
Class	Insecta (Insekten)	Mammalia (Säugetiere)
Order	Coleoptera (Käfer)	Artiodactyla (Paarhufer)
Family	Elateridae	Camelidae (Camels)
Genus	Anostirus	Camelus (Camels)
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Camelus dromedarius

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Dromedary Camel share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Tier)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Dromedary Camel

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Dromedary Camel
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	40 years
Average Length	—	2.3 m
Average Weight	—	600.0 kg

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.

Dromedary Camel

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, and Sudan.

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.

Dromedary Camel

The dromedary is the single-humped camel, domesticated over 4,000 years ago. The hump stores fat, not water.