Child’s Rice Rat vs Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

Nephelomys childi compared with Macroglossus sobrinus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cricetidae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Nephelomys	Macroglossus
Species	Nephelomys childi	Macroglossus sobrinus

Evolutionary Relationship

Child’s Rice Rat and Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamíferos)

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat
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.

Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.