Beavertail Prickly-pear vs Creeping Prickly-Pear

Opuntia basilaris compared with Opuntia humifusa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beavertail Prickly-pear	Creeping Prickly-Pear
Kingdom same	Plantae (نباتات)	Plantae (نباتات)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (كاسيات البذور)	Magnoliophyta (كاسيات البذور)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (ماغنولانية)	Magnoliopsida (ماغنولانية)
Order same	Caryophyllales (قرنفليات)	Caryophyllales (قرنفليات)
Family same	Cactaceae	Cactaceae
Genus same	Opuntia	Opuntia
Species	Opuntia basilaris	Opuntia humifusa

Evolutionary Relationship

Beavertail Prickly-pear and Creeping Prickly-Pear share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Opuntia.

Conservation Status

Beavertail Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Creeping Prickly-Pear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beavertail Prickly-pear	Creeping Prickly-Pear
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beavertail Prickly-pear

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Creeping Prickly-Pear

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Eswatini, Namibia, South Africa), Asia (Georgia), Europe (9 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Beavertail Prickly-pear

The Beavertail Prickly-pear (Opuntia basilaris) is a species in the genus Opuntia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.