Big Pine Key Prickly-pear vs Goldman's pocket mouse

Opuntia triacantha compared with Chaetodipus goldmani

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Pine Key Prickly-pear	Goldman's pocket mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cactaceae	Heteromyidae
Genus	Opuntia	Chaetodipus
Species	Opuntia triacantha	Chaetodipus goldmani

Conservation Status

Big Pine Key Prickly-pear

NT — Near Threatened

Goldman's pocket mouse

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Pine Key Prickly-pear	Goldman's pocket mouse
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.

Goldman's pocket mouse

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.