Cuckoo-Bread vs Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Oxalis acetosella compared with Notomys mordax

Key Differences

• Cuckoo-Bread is Least Concern while Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cuckoo-Bread	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Oxalidaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Oxalis	Notomys
Species	Oxalis acetosella	Notomys mordax

Conservation Status

Cuckoo-Bread

LC — Least Concern

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cuckoo-Bread	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cuckoo-Bread

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (United States).

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.