Patton’s Nectar Bat vs Sickle Medick

Hsunycteris pattoni compared with Medicago falcata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Patton’s Nectar Bat	Sickle Medick
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	Medicago
Species	Hsunycteris pattoni	Medicago falcata

Conservation Status

Patton’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Sickle Medick

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Patton’s Nectar Bat	Sickle Medick
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.

Sickle Medick

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco, South Africa), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (10 countries), and South America (Brazil).