Child’s Rice Rat vs Native apple

Nephelomys childi compared with Syzygium eucalyptoides

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Native apple is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Native apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Cricetidae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Syzygium
Species	Nephelomys childi	Syzygium eucalyptoides

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Native apple

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Native apple
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.

Native apple

Habitat

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

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.