Border Prickly-pear vs Monk Saki

Opuntia atrispina compared with Pithecia monachus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Border Prickly-pear	Monk Saki
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Cactaceae	Pitheciidae
Genus	Opuntia	Pithecia
Species	Opuntia atrispina	Pithecia monachus

Conservation Status

Border Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Monk Saki

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Border Prickly-pear	Monk Saki
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.

Monk Saki

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.