Clasping heliotrope vs Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Heliotropium amplexicaule compared with Notomys mordax

Key Differences

• Clasping heliotrope is Not Evaluated while Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Clasping heliotrope	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Heliotropiaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Heliotropium	Notomys
Species	Heliotropium amplexicaule	Notomys mordax

Conservation Status

Clasping heliotrope

NE — Not Evaluated

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Clasping heliotrope	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Clasping heliotrope

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Chile).

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Clasping heliotrope

The Clasping heliotrope (Heliotropium amplexicaule) is a species in the genus Heliotropium. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.