Child’s Rice Rat vs limestone fern

Nephelomys childi compared with Gymnocarpium robertianum

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while limestone fern is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	limestone fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Cricetidae	Cystopteridaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Gymnocarpium
Species	Nephelomys childi	Gymnocarpium robertianum

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

limestone fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	limestone fern
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.

limestone fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.