Child’s Rice Rat vs Hooked Dock

Nephelomys childi compared with Rumex brownii

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Hooked Dock is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Hooked Dock
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Cricetidae	Polygonaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Rumex
Species	Nephelomys childi	Rumex brownii

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Hooked Dock

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Hooked Dock
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.

Hooked Dock

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries).

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.