Flower-faced Bat vs

Anthops ornatus compared with Stephanoeca kentii

Key Differences

• Flower-faced Bat is Vulnerable while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Flower-faced Bat
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Protozoa (protozoa)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Choanozoa (Choanozoa)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Choanoflagellatea (Choanoflagellatea)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Choanoflagellida (Choanoflagellida)
Family	Hipposideridae	Acanthoecidae
Genus	Anthops	Stephanoeca
Species	Anthops ornatus	Stephanoeca kentii

Conservation Status

Flower-faced Bat

VU — Vulnerable

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Flower-faced Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Flower-faced 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.