Child’s Rice Rat vs Michno's Wheatgrass

Nephelomys childi compared with Agropyron michnoi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Michno's Wheatgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Cricetidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Nephelomys	Agropyron
Species	Nephelomys childi	Agropyron michnoi

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Michno's Wheatgrass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Michno's Wheatgrass
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.

Michno's Wheatgrass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.