Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Dixie ticktrefoil

Notomys mordax compared with Desmodium tortuosum

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Dixie ticktrefoil is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Dixie ticktrefoil
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Notomys	Desmodium
Species	Notomys mordax	Desmodium tortuosum

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Dixie ticktrefoil

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Dixie ticktrefoil
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dixie ticktrefoil

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (10 countries), and South America (4 countries).