Arizona Woodrat vs Sour Prickle

Neotoma devia compared with Opuntia dillenii

Key Differences

• Arizona Woodrat is Least Concern while Sour Prickle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arizona Woodrat	Sour Prickle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Cricetidae	Cactaceae
Genus	Neotoma	Opuntia
Species	Neotoma devia	Opuntia dillenii

Conservation Status

Arizona Woodrat

LC — Least Concern

Sour Prickle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arizona Woodrat	Sour Prickle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Arizona Woodrat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sour Prickle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar), Asia (5 countries), Europe (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Arizona Woodrat

The Arizona Woodrat, Neotoma devia, is a species. It is currently assessed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.