Child’s Rice Rat vs Frutero Escamado

Nephelomys childi compared with Ampelioides tschudii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Frutero Escamado
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Passeriformes (paseriformes)
Family	Cricetidae	Cotingidae
Genus	Nephelomys	Ampelioides
Species	Nephelomys childi	Ampelioides tschudii

Evolutionary Relationship

Child’s Rice Rat and Frutero Escamado share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Frutero Escamado

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Frutero Escamado
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.

Frutero Escamado

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

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.

Frutero Escamado

El frutero escamado (Ampelioides tschudii) esta clasificado como Preocupacion Menor (LC) en la Lista Roja de la UICN. Es una especie ampliamente distribuida y abundante en su area de distribucion, con poblaciones estables y sin problemas de conservacion inmediatos.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia