Patton’s Nectar Bat vs Sneezeweed

Hsunycteris pattoni compared with Achillea ptarmica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Patton’s Nectar Bat	Sneezeweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Hsunycteris	Achillea
Species	Hsunycteris pattoni	Achillea ptarmica

Conservation Status

Patton’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Sneezeweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Patton’s Nectar Bat	Sneezeweed
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.

Sneezeweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile).