Child’s Rice Rat vs Fox-tail Feather-moss

Nephelomys childi compared with Thamnobryum alopecurum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Fox-tail Feather-moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Hypnales (Hypnales)
Family	Cricetidae	Neckeraceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Thamnobryum
Species	Nephelomys childi	Thamnobryum alopecurum

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Fox-tail Feather-moss

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Fox-tail Feather-moss
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.

Fox-tail Feather-moss

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden.

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.