Gray Field Slug vs Mountain Anoa

Deroceras reticulatum compared with Bubalus quarlesi

Key Differences

• Gray Field Slug is Least Concern while Mountain Anoa is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Field Slug	Mountain Anoa
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Agriolimacidae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Deroceras	Bubalus
Species	Deroceras reticulatum	Bubalus quarlesi

Evolutionary Relationship

Gray Field Slug and Mountain Anoa share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Gray Field Slug

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Anoa

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray Field Slug	Mountain Anoa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

Mountain Anoa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.