Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Lake Baikal Mountain Vole

Anostirus castaneus compared with Alticola olchonensis

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Lake Baikal Mountain Vole is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Lake Baikal Mountain Vole
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Arthropoda (arthropodes)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (insecte)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Elateridae	Cricetidae
Genus	Anostirus	Alticola
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Alticola olchonensis

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Lake Baikal Mountain Vole share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (animal)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Lake Baikal Mountain Vole

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Lake Baikal Mountain Vole
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.

Lake Baikal Mountain Vole

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.