Beavertail Prickly-pear vs Four-toed Jerboa

Opuntia basilaris compared with Allactaga tetradactyla

Key Differences

• Beavertail Prickly-pear is Least Concern while Four-toed Jerboa is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beavertail Prickly-pear	Four-toed Jerboa
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cactaceae	Dipodidae
Genus	Opuntia	Allactaga
Species	Opuntia basilaris	Allactaga tetradactyla

Conservation Status

Beavertail Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Four-toed Jerboa

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beavertail Prickly-pear	Four-toed Jerboa
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.

Four-toed Jerboa

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.