Child’s Rice Rat vs Ruby Dapperling

Nephelomys childi compared with Leucoagaricus rubrotinctus

Key Differences

• Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern while Ruby Dapperling is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Ruby Dapperling
Kingdom	Animalia (животные)	Fungi (грибы)
Phylum	Chordata (хордовые)	Basidiomycota (базидиомицеты)
Class	Mammalia (млекопитающие)	Agaricomycetes (агарикомицеты)
Order	Rodentia (грызуны)	Agaricales (агариковые)
Family	Cricetidae	Agaricaceae (Agarics)
Genus	Nephelomys	Leucoagaricus
Species	Nephelomys childi	Leucoagaricus rubrotinctus

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Ruby Dapperling

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Ruby Dapperling
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.

Ruby Dapperling

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, France, Taiwan, and United States.

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.