Child’s Rice Rat vs Fern Palm

Nephelomys childi compared with Cycas revoluta

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Fern Palm is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Fern Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Cycadopsida (Cycadopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Cycadales (Cycadales)
Family	Cricetidae	Cycadaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Cycas
Species	Nephelomys childi	Cycas revoluta

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Fern Palm

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Fern Palm
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.

Fern Palm

Habitat

Native to Africa and Asia and Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Taiwan), Europe (Portugal), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia