Child’s Rice Rat vs Pyrethum daisy

Nephelomys childi compared with Tanacetum coccineum

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Pyrethum daisy is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Pyrethum daisy
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Cricetidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Nephelomys	Tanacetum
Species	Nephelomys childi	Tanacetum coccineum

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Pyrethum daisy

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Pyrethum daisy
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.

Pyrethum daisy

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Kyrgyzstan), Europe (7 countries), and North America (Canada, 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.