Decken's Horseshoe Bat vs

Rhinolophus deckenii compared with Stephanoeca kentii

Key Differences

• Decken's Horseshoe Bat is Near Threatened while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Decken's Horseshoe Bat
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Protozoa (protozoa)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Choanozoa (Choanozoa)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Choanoflagellatea (Choanoflagellatea)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Choanoflagellida (Choanoflagellida)
Family	Rhinolophidae	Acanthoecidae
Genus	Rhinolophus	Stephanoeca
Species	Rhinolophus deckenii	Stephanoeca kentii

Conservation Status

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

NT — Near Threatened

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Decken's Horseshoe Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

Stephanoeca kentii is a loricate choanoflagellate, a marine unicellular organism that constructs a delicate basket-like structure (lorica) of siliceous strips surrounding its cell. It inhabits coastal and oceanic waters where it feeds on picoplankton bacteria. Choanoflagellates like this species are of scientific interest as the closest living unicellular relatives of animals.