Child’s Rice Rat vs Grey Catchfly

Nephelomys childi compared with Silene grisea

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Grey Catchfly is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Grey Catchfly
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Cricetidae	Caryophyllaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Silene
Species	Nephelomys childi	Silene grisea

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Grey Catchfly

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Grey Catchfly
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.

Grey Catchfly

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.