Bell apple vs Patton’s Nectar Bat

Passiflora laurifolia compared with Hsunycteris pattoni

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bell apple	Patton’s Nectar Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Passifloraceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Passiflora	Hsunycteris
Species	Passiflora laurifolia	Hsunycteris pattoni

Conservation Status

Bell apple

LC — Least Concern

Patton’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bell apple	Patton’s Nectar Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bell apple

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (4 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Patton’s Nectar Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Bell apple

The Bell apple (Passiflora laurifolia) is a species in the genus Passiflora. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian