Eastern Red Bat vs

Lasiurus borealis compared with Stephanoeca kentii

Key Differences

• Eastern Red Bat is Least Concern while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Red 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	Lasiurus	Stephanoeca
Species	Lasiurus borealis	Stephanoeca kentii

Conservation Status

Eastern Red Bat

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eastern Red Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eastern Red Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in United States.

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.