Child’s Rice Rat vs Veatch's dodder

Nephelomys childi compared with Cuscuta veatchii

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Veatch's dodder is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Veatch's dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Cricetidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Cuscuta
Species	Nephelomys childi	Cuscuta veatchii

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Veatch's dodder

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Veatch's dodder
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.

Veatch's dodder

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.