Child’s Rice Rat vs Mottled Trillium

Nephelomys childi compared with Trillium maculatum

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Mottled Trillium is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Mottled Trillium
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Liliales (Liliales)
Family	Cricetidae	Melanthiaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Trillium
Species	Nephelomys childi	Trillium maculatum

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Mottled Trillium

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Mottled Trillium
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.

Mottled Trillium

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.