Child’s Rice Rat vs Pacific Maple

Nephelomys childi compared with Aglaia cucullata

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Pacific Maple is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Pacific Maple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Cricetidae	Meliaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Aglaia
Species	Nephelomys childi	Aglaia cucullata

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Pacific Maple

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Pacific Maple
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.

Pacific Maple

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.