Eastern Small-Footed Bat vs

Myotis leibii compared with Stephanoeca kentii

Key Differences

• Eastern Small-Footed Bat is Endangered while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Small-Footed 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	Myotis	Stephanoeca
Species	Myotis leibii	Stephanoeca kentii

Conservation Status

Eastern Small-Footed Bat

EN — Endangered

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eastern Small-Footed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eastern Small-Footed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in United States. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.