Large-eared Mountain Vole vs

Alticola macrotis compared with Stephanoeca kentii

Key Differences

• Large-eared Mountain Vole is Least Concern while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large-eared Mountain Vole
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Protozoa (protozoa)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Choanozoa (Choanozoa)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Choanoflagellatea (Choanoflagellatea)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Choanoflagellida (Choanoflagellida)
Family	Cricetidae	Acanthoecidae
Genus	Alticola	Stephanoeca
Species	Alticola macrotis	Stephanoeca kentii

Conservation Status

Large-eared Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large-eared Mountain Vole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large-eared Mountain Vole

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.