Child’s Rice Rat vs Large-leaf yellow teatree

Nephelomys childi compared with Leptospermum morrisonii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Large-leaf yellow teatree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Cricetidae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Leptospermum
Species	Nephelomys childi	Leptospermum morrisonii

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Large-leaf yellow teatree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Large-leaf yellow teatree
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.

Large-leaf yellow teatree

Habitat

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

Range

Found in 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.