Child’s Rice Rat vs mountain notchwort

Nephelomys childi compared with Tritomaria scitula

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	mountain notchwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Cricetidae	Lophoziaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Tritomaria
Species	Nephelomys childi	Tritomaria scitula

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

mountain notchwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	mountain notchwort
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.

mountain notchwort

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

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.