Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Duckweed

Notomys mordax compared with Lemna perpusilla

Key Differences

  • Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Duckweed is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Darling Downs Hopping Mouse Duckweed
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order Rodentia (Rodents) Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family Muridae (Mice & Rats) Araceae
Genus Notomys Lemna
Species Notomys mordax Lemna perpusilla

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Darling Downs Hopping Mouse Duckweed
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Duckweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (4 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

No description available.

Duckweed

No description available.

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