Child’s Rice Rat vs spatheflower

Nephelomys childi compared with Spathiphyllum cannifolium

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	spatheflower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Cricetidae	Araceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Spathiphyllum
Species	Nephelomys childi	Spathiphyllum cannifolium

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

spatheflower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	spatheflower
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.

spatheflower

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.

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.