Border Prickly-pear vs Large-eared Mountain Vole

Opuntia atrispina compared with Alticola macrotis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Border Prickly-pear	Large-eared Mountain Vole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cactaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Opuntia	Alticola
Species	Opuntia atrispina	Alticola macrotis

Conservation Status

Border Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Large-eared Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Border Prickly-pear	Large-eared Mountain Vole
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.

Large-eared Mountain Vole

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.