Big Pine Key Prickly-pear vs Dusky Flying Fox

Opuntia triacantha compared with Pteropus brunneus

Key Differences

• Big Pine Key Prickly-pear is Near Threatened while Dusky Flying Fox is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Pine Key Prickly-pear	Dusky Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cactaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Opuntia	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Opuntia triacantha	Pteropus brunneus

Conservation Status

Big Pine Key Prickly-pear

NT — Near Threatened

Dusky Flying Fox

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Pine Key Prickly-pear	Dusky Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big Pine Key Prickly-pear

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Dusky Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Big Pine Key Prickly-pear

The Big Pine Key Prickly-pear (Opuntia triacantha) is a species in the genus Opuntia. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.