Big Pine Key Prickly-pear vs Large-eared Hutia

Opuntia triacantha compared with Mesocapromys auritus

Key Differences

• Big Pine Key Prickly-pear is Near Threatened while Large-eared Hutia is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Pine Key Prickly-pear	Large-eared Hutia
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cactaceae	Capromyidae
Genus	Opuntia	Mesocapromys
Species	Opuntia triacantha	Mesocapromys auritus

Conservation Status

Big Pine Key Prickly-pear

NT — Near Threatened

Large-eared Hutia

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Pine Key Prickly-pear	Large-eared Hutia
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.

Large-eared Hutia

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.