Border Prickly-pear vs Gray-headed Flying Fox

Opuntia atrispina compared with Pteropus poliocephalus

Key Differences

• Border Prickly-pear is Least Concern while Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Border Prickly-pear	Gray-headed Flying Fox
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cactaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Opuntia	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Opuntia atrispina	Pteropus poliocephalus

Conservation Status

Border Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Border Prickly-pear	Gray-headed Flying Fox
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.

Gray-headed Flying Fox

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.