Child’s Rice Rat vs

Nephelomys childi compared with Sphingobium chlorophenolicum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Bacteria (Bacteria)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Proteobacteria (Proteobacteria)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Alphaproteobacteria (Alphaproteobacteria)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sphingomonadales (Sphingomonadales)
Family	Cricetidae	Sphingomonadaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Sphingobium
Species	Nephelomys childi	Sphingobium chlorophenolicum

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat
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.

Habitat

Native to Asia, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

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.

Sphingobium chlorophenolicum is a gram-negative bacterium in the family Sphingomonadaceae, renowned for its ability to degrade pentachlorophenol (PCP), a persistent organochlorine pollutant. It inhabits soil and water environments contaminated with chlorophenolic compounds and is a candidate for bioremediation applications. Its conservation status is not evaluated.