Child’s Rice Rat vs Home Cup

Nephelomys childi compared with Peziza domiciliana

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Home Cup is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Home Cup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Cricetidae	Pezizaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Peziza
Species	Nephelomys childi	Peziza domiciliana

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Home Cup

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Home Cup
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.

Home Cup

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, 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.