Child’s Rice Rat vs Ebony

Nephelomys childi compared with Diospyros ebenum

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Ebony is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Ebony
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Cricetidae	Ebenaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Diospyros
Species	Nephelomys childi	Diospyros ebenum

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Ebony

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Ebony
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

Habitat

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

Range

Found in 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.