Child’s Rice Rat vs Enveloping Crust

Nephelomys childi compared with Sebacina incrustans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Enveloping Crust
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sebacinales (Sebacinales)
Family	Cricetidae	Sebacinaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Sebacina
Species	Nephelomys childi	Sebacina incrustans

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Enveloping Crust

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Enveloping Crust
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.

Enveloping Crust

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

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.