Child’s Rice Rat vs Egossa Beech

Nephelomys childi compared with Faurea macnaughtonii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Egossa Beech
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Proteales (Proteales)
Family	Cricetidae	Proteaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Faurea
Species	Nephelomys childi	Faurea macnaughtonii

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Egossa Beech

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Egossa Beech
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.

Egossa Beech

Habitat

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

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.