Child’s Rice Rat vs river moss

Nephelomys childi compared with Fontinalis hypnoides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	river moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Hypnales (Hypnales)
Family	Cricetidae	Fontinalaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Fontinalis
Species	Nephelomys childi	Fontinalis hypnoides

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

river moss

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	river 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.

river moss

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and 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.