Child’s Rice Rat vs Devil-thorn

Nephelomys childi compared with Echinocereus pseudopectinatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Devil-thorn
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Cricetidae	Cactaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Echinocereus
Species	Nephelomys childi	Echinocereus pseudopectinatus

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Devil-thorn

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Devil-thorn
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.

Devil-thorn

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.