Child’s Rice Rat vs Gold Tooth

Nephelomys childi compared with Hydnellum auratile

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Gold Tooth is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Gold Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Cricetidae	Bankeraceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Hydnellum
Species	Nephelomys childi	Hydnellum auratile

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Gold Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Gold Tooth
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.

Gold Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.