Child’s Rice Rat vs red calla

Nephelomys childi compared with Zantedeschia rehmannii

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while red calla is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	red calla
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Cricetidae	Araceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Zantedeschia
Species	Nephelomys childi	Zantedeschia rehmannii

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

red calla

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	red calla
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.

red calla

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Sweden and Taiwan.

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.