Border Prickly-pear vs Jolly’s Mouse Lemur

Opuntia atrispina compared with Microcebus jollyae

Key Differences

• Border Prickly-pear is Least Concern while Jolly’s Mouse Lemur is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Border Prickly-pear	Jolly’s Mouse Lemur
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Cactaceae	Cheirogaleidae
Genus	Opuntia	Microcebus
Species	Opuntia atrispina	Microcebus jollyae

Conservation Status

Border Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Jolly’s Mouse Lemur

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Border Prickly-pear	Jolly’s Mouse Lemur
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.

Jolly’s Mouse Lemur

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.