Child’s Rice Rat vs Siberian polypody

Nephelomys childi compared with Polypodium sibiricum

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Siberian polypody is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Siberian polypody
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Cricetidae	Polypodiaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Polypodium
Species	Nephelomys childi	Polypodium sibiricum

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Siberian polypody

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Siberian polypody
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.

Siberian polypody

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Norway.

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.