Issue - Can I have multiple MC's with same Class ?

I've begun working with AS3 on a few games, and I've run into a problem.

In AS3, you are only able to link 1 MovieClip to any given class. What I am trying to accomplish is to allow multiple movieclips to utilize the same class.


So for instance, I'd like to have different Ant movieclips that utilize the same Ant class. Currently my workaround is to have all 5 ants in the same movieclip on different frames and then flip the frame based on which ant I am using.

But... is it possible to do it the way I want to ?

You need to use inheritance. I have attached an example , which shows that.