Chaparral Prickly-pear vs Malayan Water Shrew

Opuntia oricola compared with Chimarrogale hantu

Key Differences

• Chaparral Prickly-pear is Least Concern while Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chaparral Prickly-pear	Malayan Water Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Cactaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Opuntia	Chimarrogale
Species	Opuntia oricola	Chimarrogale hantu

Conservation Status

Chaparral Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chaparral Prickly-pear	Malayan Water Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chaparral Prickly-pear

Habitat

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

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chaparral Prickly-pear

The Chaparral Prickly-pear (Opuntia oricola) 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.