Child’s Rice Rat vs lilac-bell

Nephelomys childi compared with Ipomoea muricata

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while lilac-bell is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	lilac-bell
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	Ipomoea
Species	Nephelomys childi	Ipomoea muricata

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

lilac-bell

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	lilac-bell
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.

lilac-bell

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Guinea, and Nepal.

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