Cadena’s Nectar Bat vs forked veilwort

Hsunycteris cadenai compared with Metzgeria furcata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	forked veilwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Metzgeriales (Metzgeriales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Metzgeriaceae
Genus	Hsunycteris	Metzgeria
Species	Hsunycteris cadenai	Metzgeria furcata

Conservation Status

Cadena’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

forked veilwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	forked veilwort
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.

forked veilwort

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Sweden, Taiwan, and United States.

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.