Child’s Rice Rat vs Forest Cabbage-tree

Nephelomys childi compared with Cussonia sphaerocephala

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Forest Cabbage-tree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Apiales (Apiales)
Family	Cricetidae	Araliaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Cussonia
Species	Nephelomys childi	Cussonia sphaerocephala

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Forest Cabbage-tree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Forest Cabbage-tree
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.

Forest Cabbage-tree

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.