Beavertail Prickly-pear vs Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Opuntia basilaris compared with Notomys mordax

Key Differences

• Beavertail Prickly-pear is Least Concern while Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beavertail Prickly-pear	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cactaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Opuntia	Notomys
Species	Opuntia basilaris	Notomys mordax

Conservation Status

Beavertail Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beavertail Prickly-pear	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse
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.

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

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.