Child’s Rice Rat vs saline atriplex

Nephelomys childi compared with Atriplex dioica

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while saline atriplex is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	saline atriplex
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Cricetidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Atriplex
Species	Nephelomys childi	Atriplex dioica

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

saline atriplex

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	saline atriplex
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.

saline atriplex

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.