LaVal's Disk-winged Bat vs

Thyroptera lavali compared with Stephanoeca kentii

Key Differences

• LaVal's Disk-winged Bat is Data Deficient while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Protozoa (protozoa)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Choanozoa (Choanozoa)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Choanoflagellatea (Choanoflagellatea)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Choanoflagellida (Choanoflagellida)
Family	Thyropteridae	Acanthoecidae
Genus	Thyroptera	Stephanoeca
Species	Thyroptera lavali	Stephanoeca kentii

Conservation Status

LaVal's Disk-winged Bat

DD — Data Deficient

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	LaVal's Disk-winged Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

LaVal's Disk-winged 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.