Child’s Rice Rat vs Smearwort

Nephelomys childi compared with Aristolochia rotunda

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Smearwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Piperales (Piperales)
Family	Cricetidae	Aristolochiaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Aristolochia
Species	Nephelomys childi	Aristolochia rotunda

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Smearwort

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Smearwort
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.

Smearwort

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

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.