Child’s Rice Rat vs Smooth chastetree

Nephelomys childi compared with Vitex glabrata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Smooth chastetree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Cricetidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Vitex
Species	Nephelomys childi	Vitex glabrata

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Smooth chastetree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Smooth chastetree
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.

Smooth chastetree

Habitat

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

Range

Found in United States.

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.