Child’s Rice Rat vs Weißlicher Drüsling

Nephelomys childi compared with Exidia thuretiana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Weißlicher Drüsling
Kingdom	Animalia (Tier)	Fungi (Pilze)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordatiere)	Basidiomycota (Ständerpilze)
Class	Mammalia (Säugetiere)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Nagetiere)	Auriculariales (Auriculariales)
Family	Cricetidae	Auriculariaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Exidia
Species	Nephelomys childi	Exidia thuretiana

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Weißlicher Drüsling

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Weißlicher Drüsling
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.

Weißlicher Drüsling

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, 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.