Big Pine Key Prickly-pear vs Miller's Saki

Opuntia triacantha compared with Pithecia milleri

Key Differences

• Big Pine Key Prickly-pear is Near Threatened while Miller's Saki is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Pine Key Prickly-pear	Miller's Saki
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Cactaceae	Pitheciidae
Genus	Opuntia	Pithecia
Species	Opuntia triacantha	Pithecia milleri

Conservation Status

Big Pine Key Prickly-pear

NT — Near Threatened

Miller's Saki

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Pine Key Prickly-pear	Miller's Saki
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.

Miller's Saki

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

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.