Curled Dock vs Patton’s Nectar Bat

Rumex crispus compared with Hsunycteris pattoni

Key Differences

• Curled Dock is Not Evaluated while Patton’s Nectar Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Curled Dock	Patton’s Nectar Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Polygonaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Rumex	Hsunycteris
Species	Rumex crispus	Hsunycteris pattoni

Conservation Status

Curled Dock

NE — Not Evaluated

Patton’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Curled Dock	Patton’s Nectar Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Curled Dock

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (8 countries), Europe (7 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea), and South America (7 countries).

Patton’s Nectar Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador