Child’s Rice Rat vs Florida Pellitory

Nephelomys childi compared with Parietaria floridana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Florida Pellitory
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Cricetidae	Urticaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Parietaria
Species	Nephelomys childi	Parietaria floridana

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Florida Pellitory

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Florida Pellitory
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.

Florida Pellitory

Habitat

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

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.