Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs deadly nightshade

Notomys mordax compared with Atropa belladonna

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while deadly nightshade is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	deadly nightshade
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Solanaceae
Genus	Notomys	Atropa
Species	Notomys mordax	Atropa belladonna

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

deadly nightshade

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	deadly nightshade
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

deadly nightshade

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Europe (9 countries), and North America (Canada, United States). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.