Elegant Crescentchest vs Lemming Mountain Vole

Melanopareia elegans compared with Alticola lemminus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Crescentchest	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	Melanopareiidae	Cricetidae
Genus	Melanopareia	Alticola
Species	Melanopareia elegans	Alticola lemminus

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Elegant Crescentchest

LC — Least Concern

Lemming Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Crescentchest	Lemming Mountain Vole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Crescentchest

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Ecuador and Norway.

Lemming Mountain Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.