Jointed Pricklypear vs Paradox Vole

Opuntia aurantiaca compared with Microtus paradoxus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Jointed Pricklypear	Paradox Vole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cactaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Opuntia	Microtus
Species	Opuntia aurantiaca	Microtus paradoxus

Conservation Status

Jointed Pricklypear

LC — Least Concern

Paradox Vole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Jointed Pricklypear	Paradox Vole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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.

Paradox Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.