Child’s Rice Rat vs Reflexed Feather-Moss

Nephelomys childi compared with Sciuro-hypnum reflexum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Reflexed Feather-Moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Hypnales (Hypnales)
Family	Cricetidae	Brachytheciaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Sciuro-hypnum
Species	Nephelomys childi	Sciuro-hypnum reflexum

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Reflexed Feather-Moss

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Reflexed Feather-Moss
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.

Reflexed Feather-Moss

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (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.