Gray Red-backed Vole vs Thick-billed Fox Sparrow

Myodes rufocanus compared with Passerella megarhyncha

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Gray Red-backed Vole Thick-billed Fox Sparrow
Kingdom same Animalia (Animals) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same Chordata (Chordates) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Aves (Birds)
Order Rodentia (Rodents) Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family Cricetidae Passerellidae
Genus Myodes Passerella
Species Myodes rufocanus Passerella megarhyncha

Evolutionary Relationship

Gray Red-backed Vole and Thick-billed Fox Sparrow share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Gray Red-backed Vole

LC — Least Concern

Thick-billed Fox Sparrow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Gray Red-backed Vole Thick-billed Fox Sparrow
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Red-backed Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Norway.

Thick-billed Fox Sparrow

Habitat

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

Gray Red-backed Vole

No description available.

Thick-billed Fox Sparrow

No description available.

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