Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Onychogale Croissant

Anostirus castaneus compared with Onychogalea lunata

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Onychogale Croissant is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Onychogale Croissant
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Arthropoda (arthropodes)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (insecte)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Elateridae	Macropodidae (Kangaroos)
Genus	Anostirus	Onychogalea
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Onychogalea lunata

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Onychogale Croissant share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (animal)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Onychogale Croissant

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Onychogale Croissant
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.

Onychogale Croissant

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.