House Sparrow vs Long-tailed Goral

Passer domesticus compared with Naemorhedus caudatus

Key Differences

• House Sparrow is Least Concern while Long-tailed Goral is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	House Sparrow	Long-tailed Goral
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Passeridae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Passer	Naemorhedus
Species	Passer domesticus	Naemorhedus caudatus

Evolutionary Relationship

House Sparrow and Long-tailed Goral share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

House Sparrow

LC — Least Concern

Long-tailed Goral

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	House Sparrow	Long-tailed Goral
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

House Sparrow

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (25 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (7 countries), North America (15 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand, Vanuatu), and South America (8 countries).

Long-tailed Goral

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

House Sparrow

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 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.