Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple vs Child’s Rice Rat

Acer negundo compared with Nephelomys childi

Key Differences

• Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple is Not Evaluated while Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple	Child’s Rice Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Sapindaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Acer	Nephelomys
Species	Acer negundo	Nephelomys childi

Conservation Status

Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple

NE — Not Evaluated

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple	Child’s Rice Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, South Africa), Asia (6 countries), Europe (36 countries), North America (Guatemala, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (4 countries).

Child’s Rice Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple

The Box-elder, Ash-leaved Maple (Acer negundo) is a species in the genus Acer. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Child’s Rice Rat

The Child’s Rice Rat (Nephelomys childi) is a species in the genus Nephelomys. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia