Child’s Rice Rat vs Toromiro

Nephelomys childi compared with Sophora toromiro

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Toromiro is Extinct in the Wild.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Toromiro
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Cricetidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Sophora
Species	Nephelomys childi	Sophora toromiro

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Toromiro

EW — Extinct in the Wild

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Toromiro
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.

Toromiro

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.