Child’s Rice Rat vs large skullcap

Nephelomys childi compared with Scutellaria columnae

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while large skullcap is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	large skullcap
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Cricetidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Scutellaria
Species	Nephelomys childi	Scutellaria columnae

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

large skullcap

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	large skullcap
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 skullcap

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

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.