Beavertail Prickly-pear vs Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

Opuntia basilaris compared with Onychogalea lunata

Key Differences

• Beavertail Prickly-pear is Least Concern while Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beavertail Prickly-pear	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Cactaceae	Macropodidae (Kangaroos)
Genus	Opuntia	Onychogalea
Species	Opuntia basilaris	Onychogalea lunata

Conservation Status

Beavertail Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beavertail Prickly-pear	Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby
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.

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.