Cadena’s Nectar Bat vs Red ginger

Hsunycteris cadenai compared with Alpinia purpurata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	Red ginger
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Zingiberaceae
Genus	Hsunycteris	Alpinia
Species	Hsunycteris cadenai	Alpinia purpurata

Conservation Status

Cadena’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Red ginger

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	Red ginger
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.

Red ginger

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (India, Taiwan, Thailand), North America (13 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries), and South America (4 countries).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador