Cadena’s Nectar Bat vs Thin-flowered Colchicum

Hsunycteris cadenai compared with Colchicum leptanthum

Key Differences

• Cadena’s Nectar Bat is Least Concern while Thin-flowered Colchicum is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	Thin-flowered Colchicum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Liliales (Liliales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Colchicaceae
Genus	Hsunycteris	Colchicum
Species	Hsunycteris cadenai	Colchicum leptanthum

Conservation Status

Cadena’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Thin-flowered Colchicum

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	Thin-flowered Colchicum
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.

Thin-flowered Colchicum

Habitat

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

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.