Big Pine Key Prickly-pear vs Forest Dormouse

Opuntia triacantha compared with Dryomys nitedula

Key Differences

• Big Pine Key Prickly-pear is Near Threatened while Forest Dormouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Pine Key Prickly-pear	Forest Dormouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cactaceae	Gliridae
Genus	Opuntia	Dryomys
Species	Opuntia triacantha	Dryomys nitedula

Conservation Status

Big Pine Key Prickly-pear

NT — Near Threatened

Forest Dormouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Pine Key Prickly-pear	Forest Dormouse
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.

Forest Dormouse

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.