Child’s Rice Rat vs fire barrel cactus

Nephelomys childi compared with Ferocactus gracilis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	fire barrel cactus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Cricetidae	Cactaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Ferocactus
Species	Nephelomys childi	Ferocactus gracilis

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

fire barrel cactus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	fire barrel cactus
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.

fire barrel cactus

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Brazil.

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.