Child’s Rice Rat vs Tigran's Elder

Nephelomys childi compared with Sambucus tigranii

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Tigran's Elder is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Tigran's Elder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Dipsacales (Dipsacales)
Family	Cricetidae	Viburnaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Sambucus
Species	Nephelomys childi	Sambucus tigranii

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Tigran's Elder

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Tigran's Elder
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.

Tigran's Elder

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.