Help ID my first cacti?

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Badgerroots
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Help ID my first cacti?

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Hello all!

I have purchased my first four cacti and I am very excited! However, they were not marked. I hope to learn how to identify cacti on my own, but was looking for some insight as to what they all may be. They are all approximately 2in tall. The yellow one has spines that are quite soft, like a tooth brush.
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After a lot of picture-gazing, my best guesses are:
1) Mammilaria Backebergiana
2)Parodia Leninghausii
3)???Echinopsis???
4) Ferocactus Pilosus

Thanks in advance for your time!
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1. More like mammillaria magnimamma
2. A parodia but definitely not leninghausii
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1. Perhaps Mammillaria zeilmanniana?
2. Could be P. leninghausii, imo
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1. I would say M. crinita (which zeilmanniana is now considered a subspecies of) - zeilmanniana has dark central spines, and deeper pink flowers.
2. I can't argue with P. leninghausii, either.
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Re: Help ID my first cacti?

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Thank you all for the IDs so far! :D
Any guesses on the third one? I'm completely baffled! XD
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