Child’s Rice Rat vs Gray Oak

Nephelomys childi compared with Quercus grisea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Gray 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	Fagaceae (Beech Family)
Genus	Nephelomys	Quercus (Oaks)
Species	Nephelomys childi	Quercus grisea

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Gray Oak

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Gray 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.

Gray Oak

Habitat

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

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.