Cadena’s Nectar Bat vs Eve's needle cactus

Hsunycteris cadenai compared with Austrocylindropuntia subulata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	Eve's needle cactus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Cactaceae
Genus	Hsunycteris	Austrocylindropuntia
Species	Hsunycteris cadenai	Austrocylindropuntia subulata

Conservation Status

Cadena’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Eve's needle cactus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	Eve's needle cactus
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.

Eve's needle cactus

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), 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