Desert Long-eared Bat vs

Otonycteris hemprichii compared with Stephanoeca kentii

Key Differences

• Desert Long-eared Bat is Least Concern while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Desert Long-eared Bat
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Protozoa (protozoa)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Choanozoa (Choanozoa)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Choanoflagellatea (Choanoflagellatea)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Choanoflagellida (Choanoflagellida)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Acanthoecidae
Genus	Otonycteris	Stephanoeca
Species	Otonycteris hemprichii	Stephanoeca kentii

Conservation Status

Desert Long-eared Bat

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Desert Long-eared Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Desert Long-eared 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.