Cadena’s Nectar Bat vs Doum Palm

Hsunycteris cadenai compared with Hyphaene thebaica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	Doum Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Hsunycteris	Hyphaene
Species	Hsunycteris cadenai	Hyphaene thebaica

Conservation Status

Cadena’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Doum Palm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	Doum Palm
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.

Doum Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across India, Taiwan, and Yemen.

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.