Cadena’s Nectar Bat vs erect spiderling

Hsunycteris cadenai compared with Boerhavia erecta

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	erect spiderling
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Nyctaginaceae
Genus	Hsunycteris	Boerhavia
Species	Hsunycteris cadenai	Boerhavia erecta

Conservation Status

Cadena’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

erect spiderling

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	erect spiderling
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.

erect spiderling

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (5 countries), North America (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia