Common Chaffinch vs Lemming Mountain Vole

Fringilla coelebs compared with Alticola lemminus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common Chaffinch	Lemming Mountain Vole
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Fringillidae	Cricetidae
Genus	Fringilla	Alticola
Species	Fringilla coelebs	Alticola lemminus

Evolutionary Relationship

Common Chaffinch and Lemming Mountain Vole share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Common Chaffinch

LC — Least Concern

Lemming Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common Chaffinch	Lemming Mountain Vole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Common Chaffinch

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Europe (5 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).

Lemming Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Common Chaffinch

Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Widespread and abundant across its range, with stable populations and no immediate conservation concerns.