Child’s Rice Rat vs Glaucous Draba

Nephelomys childi compared with Draba glabella

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Glaucous Draba
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Cricetidae	Brassicaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Draba
Species	Nephelomys childi	Draba glabella

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Glaucous Draba

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Glaucous Draba
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.

Glaucous Draba

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, France, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

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.