Child’s Rice Rat vs Eastern Sowbread

Nephelomys childi compared with Cyclamen coum

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Eastern Sowbread is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Eastern Sowbread
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Cricetidae	Primulaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Cyclamen
Species	Nephelomys childi	Cyclamen coum

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Sowbread

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Eastern Sowbread
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.

Eastern Sowbread

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).

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.