Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Opossum-souris De Handley

Anostirus castaneus compared with Marmosops handleyi

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Opossum-souris De Handley is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Opossum-souris De Handley
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Arthropoda (arthropodes)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (insecte)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Elateridae	Didelphidae
Genus	Anostirus	Marmosops
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Marmosops handleyi

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Opossum-souris De Handley share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (animal)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Opossum-souris De Handley

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Opossum-souris De Handley
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.

Opossum-souris De Handley

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Colombia. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.