Child’s Rice Rat vs Dwarfing Redleaf

Nephelomys childi compared with Exobasidium juelianum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Dwarfing Redleaf
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Exobasidiomycetes (Exobasidiomycetes)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Exobasidiales (Exobasidiales)
Family	Cricetidae	Exobasidiaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Exobasidium
Species	Nephelomys childi	Exobasidium juelianum

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Dwarfing Redleaf

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Dwarfing Redleaf
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.

Dwarfing Redleaf

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.