Child’s Rice Rat vs Luquillo Mountain manjack

Nephelomys childi compared with Varronia wagnerorum

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Luquillo Mountain manjack is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Luquillo Mountain manjack
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Cricetidae	Cordiaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Varronia
Species	Nephelomys childi	Varronia wagnerorum

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Luquillo Mountain manjack

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Luquillo Mountain manjack
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.

Luquillo Mountain manjack

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.