Gray Field Slug vs Pale fox

Deroceras reticulatum compared with Vulpes pallida

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Field Slug	Pale fox
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Agriolimacidae	Canidae (Dogs & Wolves)
Genus	Deroceras	Vulpes (Foxes)
Species	Deroceras reticulatum	Vulpes pallida

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Gray Field Slug

LC — Least Concern

Pale fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray Field Slug	Pale fox
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).

Pale fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.