Child’s Rice Rat vs Pipe-stem Fingerleaf

Nephelomys childi compared with Vitex rehmannii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Pipe-stem Fingerleaf
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Cricetidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Vitex
Species	Nephelomys childi	Vitex rehmannii

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Pipe-stem Fingerleaf

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Pipe-stem Fingerleaf
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.

Pipe-stem Fingerleaf

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.