Child’s Rice Rat vs Small Dark-bee

Nephelomys childi compared with Stelis breviuscula

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Small Dark-bee
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Arthropoda (artrópode)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Insecta (inseto)
Order	Rodentia (Roedores)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Cricetidae	Megachilidae
Genus	Nephelomys	Stelis
Species	Nephelomys childi	Stelis breviuscula

Evolutionary Relationship

Child’s Rice Rat and Small Dark-bee share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Small Dark-bee

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Small Dark-bee
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.

Small Dark-bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

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.