Davison’s Mastiff Bat vs Gray Field Slug

Promops davisoni compared with Deroceras reticulatum

Key Differences

• Davison’s Mastiff Bat is Data Deficient while Gray Field Slug is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Davison’s Mastiff Bat	Gray Field Slug
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Molossidae	Agriolimacidae
Genus	Promops	Deroceras
Species	Promops davisoni	Deroceras reticulatum

Evolutionary Relationship

Davison’s Mastiff Bat and Gray Field Slug share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Davison’s Mastiff Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Gray Field Slug

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Davison’s Mastiff Bat	Gray Field Slug
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Davison’s Mastiff Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador.

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).