Blind Small-eared Shrew vs Welsh onion

Cryptotis niausa compared with Allium fistulosum

Key Differences

• Blind Small-eared Shrew is Data Deficient while Welsh onion is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Welsh onion
Kingdom	Animalia (동물)	Plantae (식물)
Phylum	Chordata (척삭동물)	Magnoliophyta (피자식물문)
Class	Mammalia (포유류)	Liliopsida (백합강)
Order	Soricomorpha (땃쥐목)	Asparagales (비짜루목)
Family	Soricidae	Amaryllidaceae
Genus	Cryptotis	Allium
Species	Cryptotis niausa	Allium fistulosum

Conservation Status

Blind Small-eared Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Welsh onion

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blind Small-eared Shrew	Welsh onion
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blind Small-eared Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

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.

Blind Small-eared Shrew

The Blind Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis niausa) is a species in the genus Cryptotis. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia