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title: "Aloeus Ox Beetle"
description: "Strategus aloeus — Insecten en spinnen. Strategus aloeus, the ox beetle, is a species of rhinoceros beetle native to the Americas."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/aloeus-ox-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Aloeus Ox Beetle

> Strategus aloeus — Insecten en spinnen. Strategus aloeus, the ox beetle, is a species of rhinoceros beetle native to the Americas.

- Scientific name: *Strategus aloeus*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9841
- Wikidata: [Q7621878](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7621878)
- iNaturalist taxon: [199942](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/199942)

## Names

- en: Aloeus Ox Beetle
- es: Escarabajo rinoceronte

## Countries with the most observations

US (3804), MX (2264), CR (252), PA (182), CO (132), BR (101), HN (84), NI (76), GT (74), EC (67), VE (48), BZ (46)

## Summary

Strategus aloeus, the ox beetle, is a species of rhinoceros beetle native to the Americas.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategus_aloeus

## Photo

![Aloeus Ox Beetle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/aloeus-ox-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Textile Ranger · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/186096608

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/aloeus-ox-beetle?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).