Child’s Rice Rat vs Sofala Waxberry

Nephelomys childi compared with Morella spathulata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Sofala Waxberry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fagales (Beeches & Oaks)
Family	Cricetidae	Myricaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Morella
Species	Nephelomys childi	Morella spathulata

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Sofala Waxberry

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Sofala Waxberry
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.

Sofala Waxberry

Habitat

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

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.