Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat vs Shelled Slug

Artibeus gnomus compared with Testacella haliotidea

Key Differences

• Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while Shelled Slug is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Shelled Slug
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Testacellidae
Genus	Artibeus	Testacella
Species	Artibeus gnomus	Testacella haliotidea

Evolutionary Relationship

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat and Shelled Slug share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Shelled Slug

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat	Shelled Slug
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Shelled Slug

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (9 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).