Child’s Rice Rat vs Leafless Ballart

Nephelomys childi compared with Exocarpos aphyllus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Leafless Ballart
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Santalales (Santalales)
Family	Cricetidae	Santalaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Exocarpos
Species	Nephelomys childi	Exocarpos aphyllus

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Leafless Ballart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Leafless Ballart
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.

Leafless Ballart

Habitat

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

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.