Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Narrow-striped Mongoose

Anostirus castaneus compared with Mungotictis decemlineata

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Narrow-striped Mongoose is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Narrow-striped Mongoose
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Arthropoda (arthropodes)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (insecte)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Carnivora (carnivores)
Family	Elateridae	Eupleridae
Genus	Anostirus	Mungotictis
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Mungotictis decemlineata

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Narrow-striped Mongoose share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (animal)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Narrow-striped Mongoose

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Narrow-striped Mongoose
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.

Narrow-striped Mongoose

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.