Child’s Rice Rat vs Devil'S Darning Needles

Nephelomys childi compared with Clematis virginiana

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Devil'S Darning Needles is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Devil'S Darning Needles
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Cricetidae	Ranunculaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Clematis
Species	Nephelomys childi	Clematis virginiana

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Devil'S Darning Needles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Devil'S Darning Needles
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'S Darning Needles

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Armenia, Canada, Mexico, 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.