African elephant vs Clown beetle

Loxodonta africana compared with Acritus komai

Key Differences

African elephant is Vulnerable while Clown beetle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African elephant	Clown beetle
Kingdom same	Animalia (動物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索動物)	Arthropoda (節足動物)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳類)	Insecta (昆虫)
Order	Proboscidea (ゾウ目)	Coleoptera (コウチュウ目)
Family	Elephantidae (Elephants)	Histeridae
Genus	Loxodonta (African Elephants)	Acritus
Species	Loxodonta africana	Acritus komai

Evolutionary Relationship

African elephant and Clown beetle share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (動物)

表示 Kingdom: Animalia

Conservation Status

African elephant

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~415.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Clown beetle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African elephant	Clown beetle
Diet	Herbivore	—
Average Lifespan	65 years	—
Average Length	6.0 m	—
Average Weight	6.0 t	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African elephant

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

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

Clown beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Indonesia), Europe (4 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

African elephant

地球上最大の陸上動物であるアフリカゾウは体重7,000 kgに達し、サハラ以南のサバンナ、森林、湿地に生息する。成熟した雌が群れを率いる高度に知的な社会構造を持ち、超低周波音やうなり声、接触によって意思疎通する。木を引き倒したり水飲み場を掘ったり種子を散布したりすることで生態系を形成するエンジニア種だが、象牙の密猟や生息地の喪失により個体数は減少しており、危急（VU）とされている。

Clown beetle

Acritus komai is a minute histerid beetle (family Histeridae) belonging to the subfamily Abraeinae. Members of this subfamily are among the smallest beetles in the family, typically measuring less than 2 mm in length. Like all histerids, A. komai is presumed to be predatory, likely feeding on mites, nematodes, or small dipteran eggs and larvae in decaying organic substrates. The genus Acritus comprises numerous species distributed across multiple continents, and members are often associated with rotting wood, dung, carrion, and fungal fruiting bodies. A. komai appears to have a cosmopolitan or wide distribution, possibly facilitated by passive transport in organic material. The species has not been formally assessed by the IUCN, reflecting the general lack of conservation data for many microhabitat-specialist invertebrates. Its extremely small size and cryptic habits make field observation and population assessment challenging. Systematic studies of this genus rely primarily on detailed morphological examination of antennal club structure, elytral striae, and prosternal keels, which are important diagnostic characters in Histeridae taxonomy.