Brownspine Pricklypear vs Eastern Mole

Opuntia phaeacantha compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brownspine Pricklypear	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Cactaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Opuntia	Scalopus
Species	Opuntia phaeacantha	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Brownspine Pricklypear

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brownspine Pricklypear	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brownspine Pricklypear

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Georgia), Europe (5 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Brownspine Pricklypear

The Brownspine Pricklypear (Opuntia phaeacantha) 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.