Child’s Rice Rat vs Pale Leaf Yucca

Nephelomys childi compared with Yucca pallida

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Pale Leaf Yucca
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Cricetidae	Asparagaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Yucca
Species	Nephelomys childi	Yucca pallida

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Pale Leaf Yucca

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Pale Leaf Yucca
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.

Pale Leaf Yucca

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.