Big Pine Key Prickly-pear vs Gilliard's Flying Fox

Opuntia triacantha compared with Pteropus gilliardorum

Key Differences

• Big Pine Key Prickly-pear is Near Threatened while Gilliard's Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Pine Key Prickly-pear	Gilliard's 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 gilliardorum

Conservation Status

Big Pine Key Prickly-pear

NT — Near Threatened

Gilliard's Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Pine Key Prickly-pear	Gilliard's 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.

Gilliard's 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.