Border Prickly-pear vs Indian Hare

Opuntia atrispina compared with Lepus nigricollis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Border Prickly-pear	Indian Hare
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Lagomorpha (Rabbits & Hares)
Family	Cactaceae	Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares)
Genus	Opuntia	Lepus
Species	Opuntia atrispina	Lepus nigricollis

Conservation Status

Border Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Indian Hare

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Border Prickly-pear	Indian Hare
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.

Indian Hare

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Mauritius and Seychelles.

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.