Patton’s Nectar Bat vs Sapele

Hsunycteris pattoni compared with Entandrophragma cylindricum

Key Differences

• Patton’s Nectar Bat is Least Concern while Sapele is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Patton’s Nectar Bat	Sapele
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Meliaceae
Genus	Hsunycteris	Entandrophragma
Species	Hsunycteris pattoni	Entandrophragma cylindricum

Conservation Status

Patton’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Sapele

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Patton’s Nectar Bat	Sapele
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.

Sapele

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.