Child’s Rice Rat vs mountain soursop

Nephelomys childi compared with Annona montana

Key Differences

Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while mountain soursop is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	mountain soursop
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)
Family	Cricetidae	Annonaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Annona
Species	Nephelomys childi	Annona montana

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

mountain soursop

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	mountain soursop
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 soursop

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, and Taiwan.

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.