Child’s Rice Rat vs Painted Suillus

Nephelomys childi compared with Suillus spraguei

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Painted Suillus is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Painted Suillus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Boletales (Boletales)
Family	Cricetidae	Suillaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Suillus
Species	Nephelomys childi	Suillus spraguei

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Painted Suillus

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Painted Suillus
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.

Painted Suillus

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Taiwan and United States.

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.