Broken Hill Gidgee vs Gray Field Slug

Acacia loderi compared with Deroceras reticulatum

Key Differences

• Broken Hill Gidgee is Near Threatened while Gray Field Slug is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Broken Hill Gidgee	Gray Field Slug
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Fabaceae	Agriolimacidae
Genus	Acacia	Deroceras
Species	Acacia loderi	Deroceras reticulatum

Conservation Status

Broken Hill Gidgee

NT — Near Threatened

Gray Field Slug

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Broken Hill Gidgee	Gray Field Slug
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Broken Hill Gidgee

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Gray Field Slug

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Israel, Sri Lanka, Taiwan), Europe (11 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (4 countries).

Broken Hill Gidgee

The Broken Hill Gidgee (Acacia loderi) is a species in the genus Acacia. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.