Child’s Rice Rat vs Oriental hackberry

Nephelomys childi compared with Celtis tournefortii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Oriental hackberry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Cricetidae	Cannabaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Celtis
Species	Nephelomys childi	Celtis tournefortii

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Oriental hackberry

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Oriental hackberry
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.

Oriental hackberry

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Bulgaria.

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.