Yes they do.
Along with Barrel Cactus, Organ Pipe Cactus. Saguaro Cactus.
Clarification:
None of the species listed in the above answer are natives to Australia. IF they are growing there it is due to the fact that someone brought them from the United States where they are natives.
The Simpson desert contains many types of vegetation including the Barrel Cactus, Organ Pipe Cactus. Saguaro Cactus, Prickly Pear Cactus.
There is no such place as the Saguaro Desert. There is the Sonoran Desert where the saguaro cactus grows. Some small animals such as rodents and rabbits feed on the prickly pear as well as javelina, deer, pronghorns, bighorn sheep and tortoises.
The Prickly Pear Cactus
There are lots of cacti in the sonoran desert, including the prickly pear, the saguaro, the cholla, the ocotillo, and more.
The prickly pear provides food and home for the wood rat. In turn, the wood rat acts a pollinator for the prickly pear.
The Simpson desert contains many types of vegetation including the Barrel Cactus, Organ Pipe Cactus. Saguaro Cactus, Prickly Pear Cactus.
desert tortouise
No
Prickly pear
There is no such place as the Saguaro Desert. There is the Sonoran Desert where the saguaro cactus grows. Some small animals such as rodents and rabbits feed on the prickly pear as well as javelina, deer, pronghorns, bighorn sheep and tortoises.
The desert tortoise, javelina and deer will eat prickly pear cacti.
Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) Javelina Coyote
Prickly Pear is of the Genus Opuntia, which is a cactus = hot, dry and arid
There is no such place as the Saguaro Desert. There is the Sonoran Desert where the saguaro cactus grows. Some small animals such as rodents and rabbits feed on the prickly pear as well as javelina, deer, pronghorns, bighorn sheep and tortoises.
The Prickly Pear Cactus
Prickly pear cacti are natives of the American deserts only. Any growing in African deserts are not natural and were planted there by man. They are an invasive species.
A "prickly pear" is not actually a pear.