Child’s Rice Rat vs Narrowleaf hawksbeard

Nephelomys childi compared with Crepis tectorum

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Narrowleaf hawksbeard is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Narrowleaf hawksbeard
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Cricetidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Nephelomys	Crepis
Species	Nephelomys childi	Crepis tectorum

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Narrowleaf hawksbeard

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Narrowleaf hawksbeard
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.

Narrowleaf hawksbeard

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (11 countries), and North America (Canada, United States). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.