Child’s Rice Rat vs

Nephelomys childi compared with Comatricha elegans

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Protozoa (protozoário)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Mycetozoa
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)
Order	Rodentia (Roedores)	Stemonitidales
Family	Cricetidae	Stemonitidaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Comatricha
Species	Nephelomys childi	Comatricha elegans

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat
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.

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Belgium, Norway, Sweden), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.

Comatricha elegans é um delicado mixomiceto que forma esporângios cilíndricos delgados e pedunculados com uma intrincada rede interna de fios (capilício) que auxiliam na dispersão de esporos. Cresce em madeira em decomposição e casca em ambientes florestais húmidos em todo o mundo. Esta espécie pertence a um grupo de fungos mucilaginosos notável pela sua elegante arquitetura de corpos frutíferos e distribuição cosmopolita.