Cadena’s Nectar Bat vs Lesser Spearwort

Hsunycteris cadenai compared with Ranunculus flammula

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	Lesser Spearwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Ranunculaceae
Genus	Hsunycteris	Ranunculus
Species	Hsunycteris cadenai	Ranunculus flammula

Conservation Status

Cadena’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Spearwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	Lesser Spearwort
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.

Lesser Spearwort

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).

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.