Patton’s Nectar Bat vs Peanut

Hsunycteris pattoni compared with Arachis hypogaea

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Patton’s Nectar Bat	Peanut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Hsunycteris	Arachis
Species	Hsunycteris pattoni	Arachis hypogaea

Conservation Status

Patton’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Peanut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Patton’s Nectar Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Peanut

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador