Cadena’s Nectar Bat vs Cuckoo-Bread

Hsunycteris cadenai compared with Oxalis acetosella

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	Cuckoo-Bread
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Oxalidaceae
Genus	Hsunycteris	Oxalis
Species	Hsunycteris cadenai	Oxalis acetosella

Conservation Status

Cadena’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Cuckoo-Bread

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	Cuckoo-Bread
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cadena’s Nectar Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Cuckoo-Bread

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (United States).

Cadena’s Nectar Bat

The Cadena’s Nectar Bat (Hsunycteris cadenai) is a species in the genus Hsunycteris. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.