Border Prickly-pear vs Little Black Serotine

Opuntia atrispina compared with Eptesicus andinus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Border Prickly-pear Little Black 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 andinus

Conservation Status

Border Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Little Black Serotine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Border Prickly-pear Little Black 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.

Little Black Serotine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

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.

Little Black Serotine

No description available.

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