Child’s Rice Rat vs Roxburgh fig

Nephelomys childi compared with Ficus auriculata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Roxburgh fig
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Cricetidae	Moraceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Ficus
Species	Nephelomys childi	Ficus auriculata

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Roxburgh fig

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Roxburgh fig
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.

Roxburgh fig

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Cuba.

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.