Cadena’s Nectar Bat vs Eye Bright

Hsunycteris cadenai compared with Heliotropium angiospermum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	Eye Bright
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Heliotropiaceae
Genus	Hsunycteris	Heliotropium
Species	Hsunycteris cadenai	Heliotropium angiospermum

Conservation Status

Cadena’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Eye Bright

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	Eye Bright
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.

Eye Bright

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Cuba.

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.