Pacific Spiny-rat vs Welsh onion

Proechimys decumanus compared with Allium fistulosum

Key Differences

• Pacific Spiny-rat is Near Threatened while Welsh onion is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Pacific Spiny-rat	Welsh onion
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Echimyidae	Amaryllidaceae
Genus	Proechimys	Allium
Species	Proechimys decumanus	Allium fistulosum

Conservation Status

Pacific Spiny-rat

NT — Near Threatened

Welsh onion

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Pacific Spiny-rat	Welsh onion
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Pacific Spiny-rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.