Child’s Rice Rat vs Dew-Thread

Nephelomys childi compared with Drosera filiformis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Dew-Thread
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Cricetidae	Droseraceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Drosera
Species	Nephelomys childi	Drosera filiformis

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Dew-Thread

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Dew-Thread
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.

Dew-Thread

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada 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.