Child’s Rice Rat vs delicate dogtooth moss

Nephelomys childi compared with Cynodontium tenellum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	delicate dogtooth moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Dicranales (Dicranales)
Family	Cricetidae	Rhabdoweisiaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Cynodontium
Species	Nephelomys childi	Cynodontium tenellum

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

delicate dogtooth moss

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	delicate dogtooth moss
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.

delicate dogtooth moss

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

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.