Cadena’s Nectar Bat vs Malabar nut

Hsunycteris cadenai compared with Justicia adhatoda

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	Malabar nut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Acanthaceae
Genus	Hsunycteris	Justicia
Species	Hsunycteris cadenai	Justicia adhatoda

Conservation Status

Cadena’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Malabar nut

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	Malabar nut
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.

Malabar nut

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Asia (China, Cyprus, Taiwan) and Europe (Greece, Italy, Malta).

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.