Decken's Horseshoe Bat vs Gray Field Slug

Rhinolophus deckenii compared with Deroceras reticulatum

Key Differences

• Decken's Horseshoe Bat is Near Threatened while Gray Field Slug is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Decken's Horseshoe 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	Rhinolophidae	Agriolimacidae
Genus	Rhinolophus	Deroceras
Species	Rhinolophus deckenii	Deroceras reticulatum

Evolutionary Relationship

Decken's Horseshoe Bat and Gray Field Slug share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Gray Field Slug

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Decken's Horseshoe Bat	Gray Field Slug
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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).