Child’s Rice Rat vs ledgerbark

Nephelomys childi compared with Cinchona calisaya

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	ledgerbark
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Cricetidae	Rubiaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Cinchona
Species	Nephelomys childi	Cinchona calisaya

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

ledgerbark

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	ledgerbark
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.

ledgerbark

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), India, and Taiwan.

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.