Cadena’s Nectar Bat vs short-ray fleabane

Hsunycteris cadenai compared with Erigeron lonchophyllus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	short-ray fleabane
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	Erigeron
Species	Hsunycteris cadenai	Erigeron lonchophyllus

Conservation Status

Cadena’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

short-ray fleabane

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	short-ray fleabane
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.

short-ray fleabane

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and Norway.

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.