Child’s Rice Rat vs Greater Spear-nosed Bat

Nephelomys childi compared with Phyllostomus hastatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Child’s Rice Rat	Greater Spear-nosed Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (动物界)	Animalia (动物界)
Phylum same	Chordata (脊索动物门)	Chordata (脊索动物门)
Class same	Mammalia (哺乳動物)	Mammalia (哺乳動物)
Order	Rodentia (啮齿目)	Chiroptera (翼手目)
Family	Cricetidae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Nephelomys	Phyllostomus
Species	Nephelomys childi	Phyllostomus hastatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Child’s Rice Rat and Greater Spear-nosed Bat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (哺乳動物)

Conservation Status

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Greater Spear-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Child’s Rice Rat	Greater Spear-nosed Bat
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.

Greater Spear-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, 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