Child’s Rice Rat vs Quito-orange

Nephelomys childi compared with Solanum quitoense

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Quito-orange is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Quito-orange
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Cricetidae	Solanaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Solanum
Species	Nephelomys childi	Solanum quitoense

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Quito-orange

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Quito-orange
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.

Quito-orange

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Rwanda), North America (Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama), and South America (Colombia).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia