Patton’s Nectar Bat vs Stickbush

Hsunycteris pattoni compared with Clerodendrum chinense

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Patton’s Nectar Bat	Stickbush
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Hsunycteris	Clerodendrum
Species	Hsunycteris pattoni	Clerodendrum chinense

Conservation Status

Patton’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Stickbush

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Patton’s Nectar Bat	Stickbush
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.

Stickbush

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles), Asia (5 countries), North America (18 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).