Child’s Rice Rat vs Rusty Swift

Nephelomys childi compared with Borbo detecta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Rusty Swift
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Cricetidae	Hesperiidae
Genus	Nephelomys	Borbo
Species	Nephelomys childi	Borbo detecta

Evolutionary Relationship

Child’s Rice Rat and Rusty Swift share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Rusty Swift

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Rusty Swift
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.

Rusty Swift

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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.