Child’s Rice Rat vs One Toe

Nephelomys childi compared with Tabebuia lepidota

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	One Toe
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Cricetidae	Bignoniaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Tabebuia
Species	Nephelomys childi	Tabebuia lepidota

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

One Toe

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	One Toe
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.

One Toe

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Cuba.

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.