Cadena’s Nectar Bat vs Spanish cherry

Hsunycteris cadenai compared with Mimusops elengi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	Spanish cherry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Sapotaceae
Genus	Hsunycteris	Mimusops
Species	Hsunycteris cadenai	Mimusops elengi

Conservation Status

Cadena’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Spanish cherry

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	Spanish cherry
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.

Spanish cherry

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (Maldives, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.