Child’s Rice Rat vs Early Blight

Nephelomys childi compared with Alternaria solani

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Early Blight is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Early Blight
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Dothideomycetes (Dothideomycetes)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Pleosporales (Pleosporales)
Family	Cricetidae	Pleosporaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Alternaria
Species	Nephelomys childi	Alternaria solani

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Early Blight

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Early Blight
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.

Early Blight

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, Taiwan, 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.