Child’s Rice Rat vs Wild Pimento

Nephelomys childi compared with Pimenta jamaicensis

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Wild Pimento is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Wild Pimento
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Cricetidae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Pimenta
Species	Nephelomys childi	Pimenta jamaicensis

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Wild Pimento

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Wild Pimento
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.

Wild Pimento

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.