Child’s Rice Rat vs red star apple

Nephelomys childi compared with Diospyros lycioides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	red star apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Cricetidae	Ebenaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Diospyros
Species	Nephelomys childi	Diospyros lycioides

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

red star apple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	red star apple
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 star apple

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.