Child’s Rice Rat vs Dune Guarri

Nephelomys childi compared with Euclea racemosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Dune Guarri
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Cricetidae	Ebenaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Euclea
Species	Nephelomys childi	Euclea racemosa

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Dune Guarri

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Dune Guarri
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.

Dune Guarri

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.