Child’s Rice Rat vs Stringwood

Nephelomys childi compared with Acalypha rubrinervis

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Stringwood is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Stringwood
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Cricetidae	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Acalypha
Species	Nephelomys childi	Acalypha rubrinervis

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Stringwood

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Stringwood
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.

Stringwood

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.