Beavertail Prickly-pear vs Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat

Opuntia basilaris compared with Hipposideros ater

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beavertail Prickly-pear	Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cactaceae	Hipposideridae
Genus	Opuntia	Hipposideros
Species	Opuntia basilaris	Hipposideros ater

Conservation Status

Beavertail Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beavertail Prickly-pear	Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat
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.

Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat

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.