Child’s Rice Rat vs Higuillo

Nephelomys childi compared with Piper dilatatum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Higuillo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Roedores)	Piperales (Piperales)
Family	Cricetidae	Piperaceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Piper
Species	Nephelomys childi	Piper dilatatum

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Higuillo

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Higuillo
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.

Higuillo

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia