Big Pine Key Prickly-pear vs Malayan civet

Opuntia triacantha compared with Viverra tangalunga

Key Differences

• Big Pine Key Prickly-pear is Near Threatened while Malayan civet is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Pine Key Prickly-pear	Malayan civet
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Cactaceae	Viverridae
Genus	Opuntia	Viverra
Species	Opuntia triacantha	Viverra tangalunga

Conservation Status

Big Pine Key Prickly-pear

NT — Near Threatened

Malayan civet

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Pine Key Prickly-pear	Malayan civet
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.

Malayan civet

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.