Disappearing Soil Slug vs Epaulard

Arion occultus compared with Orcinus orca

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Disappearing Soil Slug	Epaulard
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mollusca (Moluscos)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastrópodes)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Arionidae	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)
Genus	Arion	Orcinus (Orcas)
Species	Arion occultus	Orcinus orca

Evolutionary Relationship

Disappearing Soil Slug and Epaulard share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Disappearing Soil Slug

DD — Data Deficient

Epaulard

DD — Data Deficient

Population: ~50.0K

Trend: Unknown ?

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Disappearing Soil Slug	Epaulard
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	50 years
Average Length	—	8.0 m
Average Weight	—	5.4 t

Habitat & Geographic Range

Disappearing Soil Slug

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Ireland.

Epaulard

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 11 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Epaulard

O maior membro da família dos golfinhos, as orcas (Orcinus orca) podem atingir até 9 metros de comprimento e 6 toneladas, sendo encontradas em todos os oceanos, do Ártico ao Antártico. Predadores de topo que vivem em grupos matrilineares com dialetos distintos, estratégias de caça e tradições culturais que diferem entre populações. Algumas populações se especializam em peixes, outras em mamíferos marinhos. Sem predadores naturais, as orcas ocupam o topo de todas as cadeias alimentares marinhas que habitam.