Cadena’s Nectar Bat vs Dwarf eelgrass

Hsunycteris cadenai compared with Zostera japonica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	Dwarf eelgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Tier)	Plantae (Pflanzen)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordatiere)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Säugetiere)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Fledertiere)	Alismatales (Froschlöffelartige)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Zosteraceae
Genus	Hsunycteris	Zostera
Species	Hsunycteris cadenai	Zostera japonica

Conservation Status

Cadena’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Dwarf eelgrass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cadena’s Nectar Bat	Dwarf eelgrass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cadena’s Nectar Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Dwarf eelgrass

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Laos, Norway, Taiwan, and United States.

Cadena’s Nectar Bat

The Cadena’s Nectar Bat (Hsunycteris cadenai) is a species in the genus Hsunycteris. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.