Child’s Rice Rat vs large-seed dodder

Nephelomys childi compared with Cuscuta indecora

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while large-seed dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	large-seed dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Cricetidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Cuscuta
Species	Nephelomys childi	Cuscuta indecora

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

large-seed dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	large-seed dodder
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-seed dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia