Child’s Rice Rat vs Floating Fern

Nephelomys childi compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Cricetidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Salvinia
Species	Nephelomys childi	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Floating Fern
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.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.