Child’s Rice Rat vs Eger’s Long-fingered Bat

Nephelomys childi compared with Miniopterus egeri

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Eger’s Long-fingered Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cricetidae	Miniopteridae
Genus	Nephelomys	Miniopterus
Species	Nephelomys childi	Miniopterus egeri

Evolutionary Relationship

Child’s Rice Rat and Eger’s Long-fingered Bat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Eger’s Long-fingered Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Eger’s Long-fingered Bat
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.

Eger’s Long-fingered Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.