Cadena’s Nectar Bat vs Sessile joyweed

Hsunycteris cadenai compared with Alternanthera sessilis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	Sessile joyweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Hsunycteris	Alternanthera
Species	Hsunycteris cadenai	Alternanthera sessilis

Conservation Status

Cadena’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Sessile joyweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	Sessile joyweed
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.

Sessile joyweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (26 countries), Asia (12 countries), Europe (4 countries), North America (Cuba, Dominican Republic, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Colombia).

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 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia