Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Dwarf Flying Fox

Notomys mordax compared with Pteropus woodfordi

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Dwarf Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Dwarf Flying Fox
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Notomys	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Notomys mordax	Pteropus woodfordi

Evolutionary Relationship

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse and Dwarf Flying Fox share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Dwarf Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Dwarf Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dwarf Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.