Child’s Rice Rat vs Asaí

Nephelomys childi compared with Euterpe precatoria

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Asaí
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Cricetidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Euterpe
Species	Nephelomys childi	Euterpe precatoria

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Asaí

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Asaí
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.

Asaí

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.

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.