Child’s Rice Rat vs Starry Pipewort

Nephelomys childi compared with Eriocaulon stellulatum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Starry Pipewort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Cricetidae	Eriocaulaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Eriocaulon
Species	Nephelomys childi	Eriocaulon stellulatum

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Starry Pipewort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Starry Pipewort
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.

Starry Pipewort

Habitat

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

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.