Child’s Rice Rat vs Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Nephelomys childi compared with Thylamys elegans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum
Kingdom same	Animalia (hewan)	Animalia (hewan)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (mamalia)	Mammalia (mamalia)
Order	Rodentia (hewan pengerat)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Cricetidae	Didelphidae
Genus	Nephelomys	Thylamys
Species	Nephelomys childi	Thylamys elegans

Evolutionary Relationship

Child’s Rice Rat and Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamalia)

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum
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.

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

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.