Child’s Rice Rat vs Ridged Tooth

Nephelomys childi compared with Hydnellum scrobiculatum

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Ridged Tooth is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Ridged Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Cricetidae	Bankeraceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Hydnellum
Species	Nephelomys childi	Hydnellum scrobiculatum

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Ridged Tooth

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Ridged Tooth
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.

Ridged Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

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.