Child’s Rice Rat vs Rustytomentose Licaria

Nephelomys childi compared with Licaria rufotomentosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Rustytomentose Licaria
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Laurales (Laurales)
Family	Cricetidae	Lauraceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Licaria
Species	Nephelomys childi	Licaria rufotomentosa

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Rustytomentose Licaria

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Rustytomentose Licaria
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.

Rustytomentose Licaria

Habitat

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

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.