Iberian Mole vs Welsh onion

Talpa occidentalis compared with Allium fistulosum

Key Differences

• Iberian Mole is Least Concern while Welsh onion is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Iberian Mole	Welsh onion
Kingdom	Animalia (động vật)	Plantae (thực vật)
Phylum	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (lớp Thú)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Bộ Chuột chù)	Asparagales (Bộ Măng tây)
Family	Talpidae	Amaryllidaceae
Genus	Talpa	Allium
Species	Talpa occidentalis	Allium fistulosum

Conservation Status

Iberian Mole

LC — Least Concern

Welsh onion

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Iberian Mole	Welsh onion
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Iberian Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.