Child’s Rice Rat vs False Olive

Nephelomys childi compared with Buddleja saligna

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	False Olive
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Cricetidae	Scrophulariaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Buddleja
Species	Nephelomys childi	Buddleja saligna

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

False Olive

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	False Olive
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.

False Olive

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.