Heller's Broad-nosed Bat vs

Platyrrhinus helleri compared with Stephanoeca kentii

Key Differences

• Heller's Broad-nosed Bat is Least Concern while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Heller's Broad-nosed 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	Platyrrhinus	Stephanoeca
Species	Platyrrhinus helleri	Stephanoeca kentii

Conservation Status

Heller's Broad-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Heller's Broad-nosed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Heller's Broad-nosed 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.