Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs New Guinean Quoll

Anostirus castaneus compared with Dasyurus albopunctatus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while New Guinean Quoll is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	New Guinean Quoll
Kingdom same	Animalia (动物界)	Animalia (动物界)
Phylum	Arthropoda (节肢动物门)	Chordata (脊索动物门)
Class	Insecta (昆蟲綱)	Mammalia (哺乳動物)
Order	Coleoptera (鞘翅目)	Dasyuromorphia (袋鼬目)
Family	Elateridae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Anostirus	Dasyurus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Dasyurus albopunctatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and New Guinean Quoll share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (动物界)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

New Guinean Quoll

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	New Guinean Quoll
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.

New Guinean Quoll

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.