North African Hedgehog vs Welsh onion

Atelerix algirus compared with Allium fistulosum

Key Differences

• North African Hedgehog is Least Concern while Welsh onion is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	North African Hedgehog	Welsh onion
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Erinaceidae	Amaryllidaceae
Genus	Atelerix	Allium
Species	Atelerix algirus	Allium fistulosum

Conservation Status

North African Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Welsh onion

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	North African Hedgehog	Welsh onion
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

North African Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across France, Malta, and Spain.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇫🇷 France 🇪🇸 Spain