Child’s Rice Rat vs short-leaf-pine

Nephelomys childi compared with Pinus echinata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	short-leaf-pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Cricetidae	Pinaceae (Pine Family)
Genus	Nephelomys	Pinus (Pines)
Species	Nephelomys childi	Pinus echinata

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

short-leaf-pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	short-leaf-pine
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.

short-leaf-pine

Habitat

Typically found in temperate and boreal forests, often at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Taiwan.

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.