Cadena’s Nectar Bat vs Snake cholla

Hsunycteris cadenai compared with Cylindropuntia californica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	Snake cholla
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Cactaceae
Genus	Hsunycteris	Cylindropuntia
Species	Hsunycteris cadenai	Cylindropuntia californica

Conservation Status

Cadena’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Snake cholla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	Snake cholla
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.

Snake cholla

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.