Child’s Rice Rat vs spear grass

Nephelomys childi compared with Nassella hyalina

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	spear grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Cricetidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Nephelomys	Nassella
Species	Nephelomys childi	Nassella hyalina

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

spear grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	spear grass
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.

spear grass

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, 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.