Jointed Pricklypear vs Plateau Pika

Opuntia aurantiaca compared with Ochotona curzoniae

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Jointed Pricklypear	Plateau Pika
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Lagomorpha (Rabbits & Hares)
Family	Cactaceae	Ochotonidae
Genus	Opuntia	Ochotona
Species	Opuntia aurantiaca	Ochotona curzoniae

Conservation Status

Jointed Pricklypear

LC — Least Concern

Plateau Pika

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Jointed Pricklypear	Plateau Pika
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.

Plateau Pika

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.