Child’s Rice Rat vs Cocolmeca

Nephelomys childi compared with Phaseolus maculatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Cocolmeca
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Cricetidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Phaseolus
Species	Nephelomys childi	Phaseolus maculatus

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Cocolmeca

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Cocolmeca
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.

Cocolmeca

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.