Abbott's Duiker vs Marble-fruit Prickly-pear

Cephalophus spadix compared with Opuntia strigil

Key Differences

• Abbott's Duiker is Endangered while Marble-fruit Prickly-pear is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Abbott's Duiker	Marble-fruit Prickly-pear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Cactaceae
Genus	Cephalophus	Opuntia
Species	Cephalophus spadix	Opuntia strigil

Conservation Status

Abbott's Duiker

EN — Endangered

Marble-fruit Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Abbott's Duiker	Marble-fruit Prickly-pear
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Abbott's Duiker

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Marble-fruit Prickly-pear

Habitat

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

Abbott's Duiker

The Abbott's Duiker (Cephalophus spadix) is a species in the genus Cephalophus. It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. It typically inhabits diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Habitat records describe it as occurring in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.