Child’s Rice Rat vs Gum-elemi

Nephelomys childi compared with Bursera simaruba

Key Differences

Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Gum-elemi is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Gum-elemi
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Cricetidae	Burseraceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Bursera
Species	Nephelomys childi	Bursera simaruba

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Gum-elemi

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Gum-elemi
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.

Gum-elemi

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

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.