Child’s Rice Rat vs Linnaeus's mouse opossum

Nephelomys childi compared with Marmosa murina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Linnaeus's mouse opossum
Kingdom same	Animalia (животные)	Animalia (животные)
Phylum same	Chordata (хордовые)	Chordata (хордовые)
Class same	Mammalia (млекопитающие)	Mammalia (млекопитающие)
Order	Rodentia (грызуны)	Didelphimorphia (Опоссумы)
Family	Cricetidae	Didelphidae
Genus	Nephelomys	Marmosa
Species	Nephelomys childi	Marmosa murina

Evolutionary Relationship

Child’s Rice Rat and Linnaeus's mouse opossum share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (млекопитающие)

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Linnaeus's mouse opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Linnaeus's mouse opossum
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.

Linnaeus's mouse opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia 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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia