Child’s Rice Rat vs tangled hypericum

Nephelomys childi compared with Hypericum triquetrifolium

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	tangled hypericum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Cricetidae	Hypericaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Hypericum
Species	Nephelomys childi	Hypericum triquetrifolium

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

tangled hypericum

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	tangled hypericum
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.

tangled hypericum

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.