Child’s Rice Rat vs desert hackberry

Nephelomys childi compared with Celtis pallida

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	desert hackberry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Cricetidae	Cannabaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Celtis
Species	Nephelomys childi	Celtis pallida

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

desert hackberry

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	desert hackberry
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.

desert hackberry

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Brazil.

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.