Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Hispaniolan Solenodon

Anostirus castaneus compared with Solenodon paradoxus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Hispaniolan Solenodon
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Arthropoda (arthropodes)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (insecte)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Elateridae	Solenodontidae
Genus	Anostirus	Solenodon
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Solenodon paradoxus

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Hispaniolan Solenodon

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Hispaniolan Solenodon
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.

Hispaniolan Solenodon

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.