Border Prickly-pear vs Handley's Red Bat

Opuntia atrispina compared with Lasiurus atratus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Border Prickly-pear	Handley's Red Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cactaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Opuntia	Lasiurus
Species	Opuntia atrispina	Lasiurus atratus

Conservation Status

Border Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Handley's Red Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Border Prickly-pear	Handley's Red Bat
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.

Handley's Red Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

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.