Child’s Rice Rat vs papagaio-de-pescoço-escamoso

Nephelomys childi compared with Amazona mercenaria

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	papagaio-de-pescoço-escamoso
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Aves (ave)
Order	Rodentia (Roedores)	Psittaciformes (Parrots)
Family	Cricetidae	Psittacidae (True Parrots)
Genus	Nephelomys	Amazona
Species	Nephelomys childi	Amazona mercenaria

Evolutionary Relationship

Child’s Rice Rat and papagaio-de-pescoço-escamoso share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

View Phylum: Chordata

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

papagaio-de-pescoço-escamoso

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	papagaio-de-pescoço-escamoso
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.

papagaio-de-pescoço-escamoso

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

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.

papagaio-de-pescoço-escamoso

O papagaio-de-nuca-escamosa (Amazona mercenaria) e um grande papagaio amazona de coloracao predominantemente verde com distintivas penas nucais de escamas escuras e uma mancha vermelha na asa. Habita florestas montanas umidas dos Andes setentrionais e centrais na Colombia, Venezuela, Equador e Peru em elevacoes de 600-3.000 metros. Relativamente pouco conhecida em comparacao com outros amazones, e encontrada em casais ou pequenos bandos que se alimentam de sementes, frutas e flores na floresta nebulosa. Classificada como Pouco Preocupante.