Patton’s Nectar Bat vs prairie spiderwort

Hsunycteris pattoni compared with Tradescantia occidentalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Patton’s Nectar Bat	prairie spiderwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Commelinales (Commelinales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Commelinaceae
Genus	Hsunycteris	Tradescantia
Species	Hsunycteris pattoni	Tradescantia occidentalis

Conservation Status

Patton’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

prairie spiderwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Patton’s Nectar Bat	prairie spiderwort
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.

prairie spiderwort

Habitat

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