Child’s Rice Rat vs Pocketed Free-tailed Bat

Nephelomys childi compared with Nyctinomops femorosaccus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Pocketed Free-tailed Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Rodentia (Roedores)	Chiroptera (morcego)
Family	Cricetidae	Molossidae
Genus	Nephelomys	Nyctinomops
Species	Nephelomys childi	Nyctinomops femorosaccus

Evolutionary Relationship

Child’s Rice Rat and Pocketed Free-tailed Bat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamíferos)

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Pocketed Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Pocketed Free-tailed Bat
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.

Pocketed Free-tailed Bat

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.