Cadena’s Nectar Bat vs Cudweed

Hsunycteris cadenai compared with Artemisia ludoviciana

Key Differences

• Cadena’s Nectar Bat is Least Concern while Cudweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	Cudweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Hsunycteris	Artemisia
Species	Hsunycteris cadenai	Artemisia ludoviciana

Conservation Status

Cadena’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Cudweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	Cudweed
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.

Cudweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (9 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.