Common Sandpiper vs Large-eared Mountain Vole

Actitis hypoleucos compared with Alticola macrotis

Key Differences

• Common Sandpiper is Not Evaluated while Large-eared Mountain Vole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common Sandpiper	Large-eared Mountain Vole
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Charadriiformes (Charadriiformes)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Scolopacidae	Cricetidae
Genus	Actitis	Alticola
Species	Actitis hypoleucos	Alticola macrotis

Evolutionary Relationship

Common Sandpiper and Large-eared Mountain Vole share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Common Sandpiper

NE — Not Evaluated

Large-eared Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common Sandpiper	Large-eared Mountain Vole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Common Sandpiper

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Asia (Taiwan) and Europe (5 countries).

Large-eared Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Common Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) is classified as Not Evaluated (NE) on the IUCN Red List. Not yet evaluated against IUCN Red List criteria. Conservation status remains to be determined.