Child’s Rice Rat vs forest-oak

Nephelomys childi compared with Allocasuarina torulosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	forest-oak
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fagales (Beeches & Oaks)
Family	Cricetidae	Casuarinaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Allocasuarina
Species	Nephelomys childi	Allocasuarina torulosa

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

forest-oak

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	forest-oak
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-oak

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and India.

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.