Big Pine Key Prickly-pear vs Long-clawed Shrew

Opuntia triacantha compared with Sorex unguiculatus

Key Differences

• Big Pine Key Prickly-pear is Near Threatened while Long-clawed Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Pine Key Prickly-pear	Long-clawed Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Cactaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Opuntia	Sorex
Species	Opuntia triacantha	Sorex unguiculatus

Conservation Status

Big Pine Key Prickly-pear

NT — Near Threatened

Long-clawed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Pine Key Prickly-pear	Long-clawed Shrew
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.

Long-clawed Shrew

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.