Child’s Rice Rat vs Rosette Tooth

Nephelomys childi compared with Hydnellum cumulatum

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Rosette Tooth is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Rosette Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Roedores)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Cricetidae	Bankeraceae
Genus	Nephelomys	Hydnellum
Species	Nephelomys childi	Hydnellum cumulatum

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Rosette Tooth

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Rosette Tooth
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.

Rosette Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.