Child’s Rice Rat vs Dwarf nasturtium

Nephelomys childi compared with Tropaeolum minus

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Dwarf nasturtium is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Dwarf nasturtium
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Cricetidae	Tropaeolaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Tropaeolum
Species	Nephelomys childi	Tropaeolum minus

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Dwarf nasturtium

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Dwarf nasturtium
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 nasturtium

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Croatia, India, 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.