Child’s Rice Rat vs Wormseed

Nephelomys childi compared with Dysphania anthelmintica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Wormseed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Cricetidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Dysphania
Species	Nephelomys childi	Dysphania anthelmintica

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Wormseed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Wormseed
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.

Wormseed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (United States).

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.