Panhandle Prickly-pear vs puma

Opuntia polyacantha compared with Puma concolor

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Panhandle Prickly-pear	puma
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Cactaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Opuntia	Puma (Pumas)
Species	Opuntia polyacantha	Puma concolor

Conservation Status

Panhandle Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

puma

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Panhandle Prickly-pear	puma
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Panhandle Prickly-pear

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia and Czech Republic.

puma

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, United States, and Venezuela.