Cadena’s Nectar Bat vs pliant lettuce

Hsunycteris cadenai compared with Lactuca viminea

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	pliant lettuce
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Hsunycteris	Lactuca
Species	Hsunycteris cadenai	Lactuca viminea

Conservation Status

Cadena’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

pliant lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	pliant lettuce
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.

pliant lettuce

Habitat

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

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.