Child’s Rice Rat vs Horned Wrack

Nephelomys childi compared with Fucus ceranoides

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Horned Wrack is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Horned Wrack
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Phaeophyceae (Phaeophyceae)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fucales (Fucales)
Family	Cricetidae	Fucaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Fucus
Species	Nephelomys childi	Fucus ceranoides

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Horned Wrack

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Horned Wrack
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.

Horned Wrack

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark and Norway.

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.