Child’s Rice Rat vs Cutnut

Nephelomys childi compared with Barringtonia edulis

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Cutnut is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Cutnut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Cricetidae	Lecythidaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Barringtonia
Species	Nephelomys childi	Barringtonia edulis

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Cutnut

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Cutnut
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.

Cutnut

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.