Child’s Rice Rat vs Laurel

Nephelomys childi compared with Guatteria hirsuta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Laurel
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)
Family	Cricetidae	Annonaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Guatteria
Species	Nephelomys childi	Guatteria hirsuta

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Laurel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Laurel
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.

Laurel

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across 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.