Child’s Rice Rat vs Ginger Bush

Nephelomys childi compared with Pavonia spinifex

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Ginger Bush
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Cricetidae	Malvaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Pavonia
Species	Nephelomys childi	Pavonia spinifex

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Ginger Bush

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Ginger Bush
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.

Ginger Bush

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Cuba.

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.