Patton’s Nectar Bat vs alface-do-mato

Hsunycteris pattoni compared with Lactuca indica

Key Differences

• Patton’s Nectar Bat is Least Concern while alface-do-mato is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Patton’s Nectar Bat	alface-do-mato
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (morcego)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Hsunycteris	Lactuca
Species	Hsunycteris pattoni	Lactuca indica

Conservation Status

Patton’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

alface-do-mato

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Patton’s Nectar Bat	alface-do-mato
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.

alface-do-mato

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Madagascar, South Africa), Asia (Laos, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil).