Dusky Flying Fox vs Gray Field Slug

Pteropus brunneus compared with Deroceras reticulatum

Key Differences

• Dusky Flying Fox is Extinct while Gray Field Slug is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dusky Flying Fox	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	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Agriolimacidae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Deroceras
Species	Pteropus brunneus	Deroceras reticulatum

Evolutionary Relationship

Dusky Flying Fox and Gray Field Slug share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Dusky Flying Fox

EX — Extinct

Gray Field Slug

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dusky Flying Fox	Gray Field Slug
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dusky Flying Fox

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).