Border Prickly-pear vs Jamaican fruit bat

Opuntia atrispina compared with Artibeus jamaicensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Border Prickly-pear Jamaican fruit bat
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales) Chiroptera (Bats)
Family Cactaceae Phyllostomidae
Genus Opuntia Artibeus
Species Opuntia atrispina Artibeus jamaicensis

Conservation Status

Border Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Jamaican fruit bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Border Prickly-pear Jamaican fruit 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.

Jamaican fruit bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

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.

Jamaican fruit bat

No description available.

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