Border Prickly-pear vs Heller's Broad-nosed Bat

Opuntia atrispina compared with Platyrrhinus helleri

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Border Prickly-pear	Heller's Broad-nosed Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (식물)	Animalia (동물)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (피자식물문)	Chordata (척삭동물)
Class	Magnoliopsida (목련강)	Mammalia (포유류)
Order	Caryophyllales (석죽목)	Chiroptera (박쥐)
Family	Cactaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Opuntia	Platyrrhinus
Species	Opuntia atrispina	Platyrrhinus helleri

Conservation Status

Border Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Heller's Broad-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Border Prickly-pear	Heller's Broad-nosed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Border Prickly-pear

Habitat

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

Heller's Broad-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Border Prickly-pear

The Border Prickly-pear (Opuntia atrispina) is a species in the genus Opuntia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.