Child’s Rice Rat vs Osgoods short-tailed opossum

Nephelomys childi compared with Monodelphis osgoodi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Osgoods short-tailed opossum
Kingdom same	Animalia (động vật)	Animalia (động vật)
Phylum same	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)
Class same	Mammalia (lớp Thú)	Mammalia (lớp Thú)
Order	Rodentia (Bộ Gặm nhấm)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Cricetidae	Didelphidae
Genus	Nephelomys	Monodelphis
Species	Nephelomys childi	Monodelphis osgoodi

Evolutionary Relationship

Child’s Rice Rat and Osgoods short-tailed opossum share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (lớp Thú)

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Osgoods short-tailed opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Osgoods short-tailed 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.

Osgoods short-tailed opossum

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.