Patton’s Nectar Bat vs Smooth rattlebox

Hsunycteris pattoni compared with Crotalaria pallida

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Patton’s Nectar Bat	Smooth rattlebox
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	Crotalaria
Species	Hsunycteris pattoni	Crotalaria pallida

Conservation Status

Patton’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Smooth rattlebox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Patton’s Nectar Bat	Smooth rattlebox
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.

Smooth rattlebox

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (El Salvador, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (10 countries), and South America (4 countries).