Miller's Dog-faced Bat vs Welsh onion

Cynomops milleri compared with Allium fistulosum

Key Differences

  • Miller's Dog-faced Bat is Least Concern while Welsh onion is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Miller's Dog-faced Bat Welsh onion
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order Chiroptera (Bats) Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family Molossidae Amaryllidaceae
Genus Cynomops Allium
Species Cynomops milleri Allium fistulosum

Conservation Status

Miller's Dog-faced Bat

LC — Least Concern

Welsh onion

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Miller's Dog-faced Bat Welsh onion
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Miller's Dog-faced Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

Welsh onion

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 12 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Seychelles), Asia (Taiwan, Yemen), Europe (18 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Tuvalu), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Miller's Dog-faced Bat

No description available.

Welsh onion

No description available.

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