Big Pine Key Prickly-pear vs Long-tailed dunnart

Opuntia triacantha compared with Sminthopsis longicaudata

Key Differences

• Big Pine Key Prickly-pear is Near Threatened while Long-tailed dunnart is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Pine Key Prickly-pear	Long-tailed dunnart
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Cactaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Opuntia	Sminthopsis
Species	Opuntia triacantha	Sminthopsis longicaudata

Conservation Status

Big Pine Key Prickly-pear

NT — Near Threatened

Long-tailed dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Pine Key Prickly-pear	Long-tailed dunnart
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-tailed dunnart

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.