Child’s Rice Rat vs Coromandel tree daisy

Nephelomys childi compared with Olearia townsonii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Coromandel tree daisy
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Cricetidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Nephelomys	Olearia
Species	Nephelomys childi	Olearia townsonii

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Coromandel tree daisy

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Coromandel tree daisy
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Child’s Rice Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Coromandel tree daisy

Habitat

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.