Cadena’s Nectar Bat vs Hairy Snakefern

Hsunycteris cadenai compared with Microgramma piloselloides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	Hairy Snakefern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Polypodiaceae
Genus	Hsunycteris	Microgramma
Species	Hsunycteris cadenai	Microgramma piloselloides

Conservation Status

Cadena’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Hairy Snakefern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	Hairy Snakefern
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.

Hairy Snakefern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across 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.