Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa vs Gray Field Slug

Cardiocranius paradoxus compared with Deroceras reticulatum

Key Differences

• Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa is Data Deficient while Gray Field Slug is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa	Gray Field Slug
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Dipodidae	Agriolimacidae
Genus	Cardiocranius	Deroceras
Species	Cardiocranius paradoxus	Deroceras reticulatum

Evolutionary Relationship

Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa and Gray Field Slug share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa

DD — Data Deficient

Gray Field Slug

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa	Gray Field Slug
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa

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).