Child’s Rice Rat vs Sargent Cherry

Nephelomys childi compared with Prunus sargentii

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Sargent Cherry is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Sargent Cherry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Cricetidae	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Nephelomys	Prunus (Cherries & Plums)
Species	Nephelomys childi	Prunus sargentii

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Sargent Cherry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Sargent Cherry
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.

Sargent Cherry

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

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.