Child’s Rice Rat vs rough bugelweed

Nephelomys childi compared with Lycopus asper

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	rough bugelweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Cricetidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Lycopus
Species	Nephelomys childi	Lycopus asper

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

rough bugelweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	rough bugelweed
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.

rough bugelweed

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found in Canada.

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.