blue mud-plantain vs Patton’s Nectar Bat

Heteranthera limosa compared with Hsunycteris pattoni

Key Differences

• blue mud-plantain is Not Evaluated while Patton’s Nectar Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	blue mud-plantain	Patton’s Nectar Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Commelinales (Commelinales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Pontederiaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Heteranthera	Hsunycteris
Species	Heteranthera limosa	Hsunycteris pattoni

Conservation Status

blue mud-plantain

NE — Not Evaluated

Patton’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	blue mud-plantain	Patton’s Nectar Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

blue mud-plantain

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (8 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.

blue mud-plantain

The Blue Mud Plantain (Heteranthera limosa) is a species in the genus Heteranthera. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia