Black-Widow vs Patton’s Nectar Bat

Geranium phaeum compared with Hsunycteris pattoni

Key Differences

• Black-Widow is Not Evaluated while Patton’s Nectar Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-Widow	Patton’s Nectar Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Geraniales (Geraniales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Geraniaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Geranium	Hsunycteris
Species	Geranium phaeum	Hsunycteris pattoni

Conservation Status

Black-Widow

NE — Not Evaluated

Patton’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-Widow	Patton’s Nectar Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-Widow

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (11 countries) and North America (United States).

Patton’s Nectar Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Black-Widow

The Black-Widow (Geranium phaeum) is a species in the genus Geranium. Found across Europe (11 countries) and North America (United States).