Child’s Rice Rat vs dwarf spindle

Nephelomys childi compared with Euonymus nanus

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while dwarf spindle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	dwarf spindle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Celastrales (Celastrales)
Family	Cricetidae	Celastraceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Euonymus
Species	Nephelomys childi	Euonymus nanus

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

dwarf spindle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	dwarf spindle
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 spindle

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (Canada).

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.