Child’s Rice Rat vs Gray Short-tailed Bat

Nephelomys childi compared with Carollia subrufa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Gray Short-tailed Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (mammifères)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Cricetidae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Nephelomys	Carollia
Species	Nephelomys childi	Carollia subrufa

Evolutionary Relationship

Child’s Rice Rat and Gray Short-tailed Bat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mammifères)

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Gray Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Gray Short-tailed 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.

Gray Short-tailed 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.