chenille prickly-pear vs Miller’s Mastiff Bat

Opuntia aciculata compared with Molossus pretiosus

Key Differences

• chenille prickly-pear is Data Deficient while Miller’s Mastiff Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chenille prickly-pear	Miller’s Mastiff Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cactaceae	Molossidae
Genus	Opuntia	Molossus
Species	Opuntia aciculata	Molossus pretiosus

Conservation Status

chenille prickly-pear

DD — Data Deficient

Miller’s Mastiff Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chenille prickly-pear	Miller’s Mastiff Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chenille prickly-pear

Habitat

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

Miller’s Mastiff Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

chenille prickly-pear

The chenille prickly-pear (Opuntia aciculata) is a species in the genus Opuntia. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.