Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat vs

Artibeus gnomus compared with Stephanoeca kentii

Key Differences

• Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Protozoa (protozoa)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Choanozoa (Choanozoa)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Choanoflagellatea (Choanoflagellatea)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Choanoflagellida (Choanoflagellida)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Acanthoecidae
Genus	Artibeus	Stephanoeca
Species	Artibeus gnomus	Stephanoeca kentii

Conservation Status

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

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.