Child’s Rice Rat vs Ebony Cup

Nephelomys childi compared with Pseudoplectania nigrella

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Ebony Cup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Cricetidae	Sarcosomataceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Pseudoplectania
Species	Nephelomys childi	Pseudoplectania nigrella

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Ebony Cup

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Ebony Cup
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.

Ebony Cup

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, 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.