Child’s Rice Rat vs Little Red Flying Fox

Nephelomys childi compared with Pteropus scapulatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Little Red Flying Fox
Kingdom same	Animalia (животные)	Animalia (животные)
Phylum same	Chordata (хордовые)	Chordata (хордовые)
Class same	Mammalia (млекопитающие)	Mammalia (млекопитающие)
Order	Rodentia (грызуны)	Chiroptera (рукокрылые)
Family	Cricetidae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Nephelomys	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Nephelomys childi	Pteropus scapulatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Child’s Rice Rat and Little Red Flying Fox share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (млекопитающие)

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Little Red Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Little Red Flying Fox
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.

Little Red Flying Fox

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.