Child’s Rice Rat vs Stinging Tree

Nephelomys childi compared with Dendrocnide peltata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Stinging Tree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Cricetidae	Urticaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Dendrocnide
Species	Nephelomys childi	Dendrocnide peltata

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Stinging Tree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Stinging Tree
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.

Stinging Tree

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.