Child’s Rice Rat vs Guyanese arrowhead

Nephelomys childi compared with Sagittaria guayanensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Guyanese arrowhead
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Cricetidae	Alismataceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Sagittaria
Species	Nephelomys childi	Sagittaria guayanensis

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Guyanese arrowhead

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Guyanese arrowhead
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.

Guyanese arrowhead

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Comoros, Madagascar, and United States.

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.