long-neck field slug vs Long-nosed Echymipera

Deroceras panormitanum compared with Echymipera rufescens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	long-neck field slug	Long-nosed Echymipera
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)	Peramelemorphia (Peramelemorphia)
Family	Agriolimacidae	Peramelidae
Genus	Deroceras	Echymipera
Species	Deroceras panormitanum	Echymipera rufescens

Evolutionary Relationship

long-neck field slug and Long-nosed Echymipera share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

long-neck field slug

LC — Least Concern

Long-nosed Echymipera

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	long-neck field slug	Long-nosed Echymipera
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

long-neck field slug

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Europe (15 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Chile, Colombia).

Long-nosed Echymipera

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.