Border Prickly-pear vs Harmless Serotine

Opuntia atrispina compared with Eptesicus innoxius

Key Differences

• Border Prickly-pear is Least Concern while Harmless Serotine is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Border Prickly-pear	Harmless Serotine
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	Eptesicus
Species	Opuntia atrispina	Eptesicus innoxius

Conservation Status

Border Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Harmless Serotine

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Border Prickly-pear	Harmless Serotine
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.

Harmless Serotine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.