Desert Bandicoot vs Jointed Pricklypear

Perameles eremiana compared with Opuntia aurantiaca

Key Differences

• Desert Bandicoot is Extinct while Jointed Pricklypear is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Desert Bandicoot	Jointed Pricklypear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Peramelemorphia (Peramelemorphia)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Peramelidae	Cactaceae
Genus	Perameles	Opuntia
Species	Perameles eremiana	Opuntia aurantiaca

Conservation Status

Desert Bandicoot

EX — Extinct

Jointed Pricklypear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Desert Bandicoot	Jointed Pricklypear
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Desert Bandicoot

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Jointed Pricklypear

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Eswatini, Jamaica, Namibia, and South Africa.