Child’s Rice Rat vs Red Leskea

Nephelomys childi compared with Orthothecium rufescens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Red Leskea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Hypnales (Hypnales)
Family	Cricetidae	Plagiotheciaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Orthothecium
Species	Nephelomys childi	Orthothecium rufescens

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Red Leskea

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Red Leskea
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 Leskea

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway, 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.