Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Child’s Rice Rat

Alkanna maleolens compared with Nephelomys childi

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Child’s Rice Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (plantas)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Rodentia (Roedores)
Family	Boraginaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Alkanna	Nephelomys
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Nephelomys childi

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Child’s Rice Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bad-smelling Alkanet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Child’s Rice Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Bad-smelling Alkanet

The Bad-smelling Alkanet (Alkanna maleolens) is a species in the genus Alkanna. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. 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.