Child’s Rice Rat vs Yellowjacket

Nephelomys childi compared with Corymbia leptoloma

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Yellowjacket
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	Corymbia
Species	Nephelomys childi	Corymbia leptoloma

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Yellowjacket

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Yellowjacket
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.

Yellowjacket

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.