Child’s Rice Rat vs dwarf-apple

Nephelomys childi compared with Angophora hispida

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while dwarf-apple is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	dwarf-apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Cricetidae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Angophora
Species	Nephelomys childi	Angophora hispida

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

dwarf-apple

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	dwarf-apple
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.

dwarf-apple

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.