Orange cestrum vs Patton’s Nectar Bat

Cestrum aurantiacum compared with Hsunycteris pattoni

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Orange cestrum	Patton’s Nectar Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Solanaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Cestrum	Hsunycteris
Species	Cestrum aurantiacum	Hsunycteris pattoni

Conservation Status

Orange cestrum

LC — Least Concern

Patton’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Orange cestrum	Patton’s Nectar Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Orange cestrum

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Indonesia), North America (Guatemala, Honduras, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).