Big Pine Key Prickly-pear vs Formosan Serow

Opuntia triacantha compared with Capricornis swinhoei

Key Differences

• Big Pine Key Prickly-pear is Near Threatened while Formosan Serow is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Pine Key Prickly-pear	Formosan Serow
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Cactaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Opuntia	Capricornis
Species	Opuntia triacantha	Capricornis swinhoei

Conservation Status

Big Pine Key Prickly-pear

NT — Near Threatened

Formosan Serow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Pine Key Prickly-pear	Formosan Serow
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.

Formosan Serow

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

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.