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Hemphillia dromedarius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Binneyidae
Genus:	Hemphillia
Species:	H. dromedarius
Binomial name
Hemphillia dromedarius Branson, 1972

Hemphillia dromedarius, the dromedary jumping-slug, is a species of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Binneyidae.

Description

The Hemphillia dromedarius is a large slug about 60 mm long. https://oregonwild.org/wildlife/malone-jumping-slug

Distribution and conservation status

It lives in British Columbia in Canada, where the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) has assessed it as a threatened species. The Canadian Species at Risk Act listed it in the List of Wildlife Species at Risk as being threatened in Canada. It is also found in Washington State.

References

1. Branson B. A. (1972). "Hemphillia dromedarius, a new arionid slug from Washington". The Nautilus 85: 100–106.
2. COSEWIC 2003. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the dromedary jumping-slug Hemphillia dromedarius in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 21 pp. http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/virtual_sara/files/cosewic/sr_dromedary_jumping_slug_e.pdf
3. COSEWIC. 2005. Canadian Species at Risk. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 64 pp., page 20.

External links

• Jumping Slugs of the Pacific NW

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