Child’s Rice Rat vs White Chilte

Nephelomys childi compared with Cnidoscolus tepiquensis

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while White Chilte is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	White Chilte
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	Cnidoscolus
Species	Nephelomys childi	Cnidoscolus tepiquensis

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

White Chilte

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	White Chilte
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.

White Chilte

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.