Child’s Rice Rat vs Greyling Bracket

Nephelomys childi compared with Postia tephroleuca

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Greyling Bracket
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Cricetidae	Dacryobolaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Postia
Species	Nephelomys childi	Postia tephroleuca

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Greyling Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Greyling Bracket
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.

Greyling Bracket

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and South America (Brazil).

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.