Child’s Rice Rat vs shield clover

Nephelomys childi compared with Trifolium clypeatum

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while shield clover is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	shield clover
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Cricetidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Trifolium
Species	Nephelomys childi	Trifolium clypeatum

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

shield clover

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	shield clover
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.

shield clover

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.