blackbuck vs Roving Pricklypear

Antilope cervicapra compared with Opuntia repens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	blackbuck	Roving Pricklypear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Cactaceae
Genus	Antilope	Opuntia
Species	Antilope cervicapra	Opuntia repens

Conservation Status

blackbuck

LC — Least Concern

Roving Pricklypear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	blackbuck	Roving Pricklypear
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

blackbuck

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, South Africa, and United States.

Roving Pricklypear

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

blackbuck

The Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) is a species in the genus Antilope. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.