Child’s Rice Rat vs sharp-wing monkey-flower

Nephelomys childi compared with Mimulus alatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	sharp-wing monkey-flower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Cricetidae	Phrymaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Mimulus
Species	Nephelomys childi	Mimulus alatus

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

sharp-wing monkey-flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	sharp-wing monkey-flower
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.

sharp-wing monkey-flower

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.