Child’s Rice Rat vs Tufted Sedge

Nephelomys childi compared with Bulbostylis lichtensteiniana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Tufted Sedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Cricetidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Bulbostylis
Species	Nephelomys childi	Bulbostylis lichtensteiniana

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Tufted Sedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Tufted Sedge
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.

Tufted Sedge

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.