Child’s Rice Rat vs Tender Nesting Polypore

Nephelomys childi compared with Hapalopilus rutilans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Tender Nesting Polypore
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Cricetidae	Phanerochaetaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Hapalopilus
Species	Nephelomys childi	Hapalopilus rutilans

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Tender Nesting Polypore

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Tender Nesting Polypore
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.

Tender Nesting Polypore

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Sweden and United States.

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.