Child’s Rice Rat vs small-flowered draba

Nephelomys childi compared with Draba micropetala

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while small-flowered draba is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	small-flowered draba
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Cricetidae	Brassicaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Draba
Species	Nephelomys childi	Draba micropetala

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

small-flowered draba

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	small-flowered draba
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.

small-flowered draba

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, 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.