Child’s Rice Rat vs Crab-eating Mongoose

Nephelomys childi compared with Herpestes urva

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Crab-eating Mongoose
Kingdom same	Animalia (hayvan)	Animalia (hayvan)
Phylum same	Chordata (Kordalılar)	Chordata (Kordalılar)
Class same	Mammalia (memeliler)	Mammalia (memeliler)
Order	Rodentia (kemiriciler)	Carnivora (etçiller)
Family	Cricetidae	Herpestidae
Genus	Nephelomys	Herpestes
Species	Nephelomys childi	Herpestes urva

Evolutionary Relationship

Child’s Rice Rat and Crab-eating Mongoose share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (memeliler)

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Crab-eating Mongoose
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.

Crab-eating Mongoose

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.