Cadena’s Nectar Bat vs pignut

Hsunycteris cadenai compared with Mesosphaerum suaveolens

Key Differences

• Cadena’s Nectar Bat is Least Concern while pignut is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	pignut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Hsunycteris	Mesosphaerum
Species	Hsunycteris cadenai	Mesosphaerum suaveolens

Conservation Status

Cadena’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

pignut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	pignut
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.

pignut

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Guinea, and Timor-Leste.

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.