Child’s Rice Rat vs Summer Jasmine

Nephelomys childi compared with Jasminum officinale

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Summer Jasmine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Cricetidae	Oleaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Jasminum
Species	Nephelomys childi	Jasminum officinale

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Summer Jasmine

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Summer Jasmine
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.

Summer Jasmine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Libya, Rwanda), Asia (Iraq), Europe (12 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.