Gray Short-tailed Bat vs Shelled Slug

Carollia subrufa compared with Testacella haliotidea

Key Differences

• Gray Short-tailed Bat is Least Concern while Shelled Slug is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Short-tailed 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	Carollia	Testacella
Species	Carollia subrufa	Testacella haliotidea

Evolutionary Relationship

Gray Short-tailed Bat and Shelled Slug share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Gray Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Shelled Slug

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray Short-tailed Bat	Shelled Slug
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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).