Child’s Rice Rat vs eggtree

Nephelomys childi compared with Garcinia dulcis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	eggtree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Cricetidae	Clusiaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Garcinia
Species	Nephelomys childi	Garcinia dulcis

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

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LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	eggtree
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.

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Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Cuba and Taiwan.

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.