Child’s Rice Rat vs Linden

Nephelomys childi compared with Tilia cordata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Linden
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Cricetidae	Malvaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Tilia
Species	Nephelomys childi	Tilia cordata

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Linden

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Linden
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.

Linden

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

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.