Cadena’s Nectar Bat vs Water spangles

Hsunycteris cadenai compared with Salvinia minima

Key Differences

Cadena’s Nectar Bat is Least Concern while Water spangles is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	Water spangles
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Hsunycteris	Salvinia
Species	Hsunycteris cadenai	Salvinia minima

Conservation Status

Cadena’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Water spangles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	Water spangles
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.

Water spangles

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Sri Lanka), North America (Cuba, Dominican Republic, United States), and South America (Brazil, 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.