Beavertail Prickly-pear vs False Serotine Bat

Opuntia basilaris compared with Hesperoptenus doriae

Key Differences

• Beavertail Prickly-pear is Least Concern while False Serotine Bat is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beavertail Prickly-pear	False Serotine Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cactaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Opuntia	Hesperoptenus
Species	Opuntia basilaris	Hesperoptenus doriae

Conservation Status

Beavertail Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

False Serotine Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beavertail Prickly-pear	False Serotine 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.

False Serotine 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.