Child’s Rice Rat vs Vine Maple

Nephelomys childi compared with Acer circinatum

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Vine Maple is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Vine Maple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Cricetidae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Acer
Species	Nephelomys childi	Acer circinatum

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Vine Maple

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Vine Maple
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.

Vine Maple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.