Child’s Rice Rat vs white oak

Nephelomys childi compared with Quercus oleoides

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while white oak is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	white oak
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fagales (Beeches & Oaks)
Family	Cricetidae	Fagaceae (Beech Family)
Genus	Nephelomys	Quercus (Oaks)
Species	Nephelomys childi	Quercus oleoides

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

white oak

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	white oak
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.

white oak

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.