Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Doum Palm

Notomys mordax compared with Hyphaene thebaica

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Doum Palm is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Doum Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Arecaceae
Genus	Notomys	Hyphaene
Species	Notomys mordax	Hyphaene thebaica

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Doum Palm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Doum Palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Doum Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across India, Taiwan, and Yemen.