Child’s Rice Rat vs Tree spurge

Nephelomys childi compared with Euphorbia dendroides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Tree spurge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Cricetidae	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Euphorbia
Species	Nephelomys childi	Euphorbia dendroides

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Tree spurge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Tree spurge
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.

Tree spurge

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia 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.