African basil vs Patton’s Nectar Bat

Ocimum gratissimum compared with Hsunycteris pattoni

Key Differences

• African basil is Not Evaluated while Patton’s Nectar Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African basil	Patton’s Nectar Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Lamiaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Ocimum	Hsunycteris
Species	Ocimum gratissimum	Hsunycteris pattoni

Conservation Status

African basil

NE — Not Evaluated

Patton’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African basil	Patton’s Nectar Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African basil

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (Laos, Taiwan), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (4 countries).

Patton’s Nectar Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

African basil

The African basil (Ocimum gratissimum) is a species in the genus Ocimum. This species inhabits Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions, found across Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, and Chile.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia