Border Prickly-pear vs Chacoan Mara

Opuntia atrispina compared with Dolichotis salinicola

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Border Prickly-pear	Chacoan Mara
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cactaceae	Caviidae
Genus	Opuntia	Dolichotis
Species	Opuntia atrispina	Dolichotis salinicola

Conservation Status

Border Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Chacoan Mara

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Border Prickly-pear	Chacoan Mara
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Border Prickly-pear

Habitat

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

Chacoan Mara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Border Prickly-pear

The Border Prickly-pear (Opuntia atrispina) is a species in the genus Opuntia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Chacoan Mara

The Chacoan Mara (Dolichotis salinicola) is a species in the genus Dolichotis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.