Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Elephant Apple

Notomys mordax compared with Dillenia indica

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Elephant Apple is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Elephant Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Dilleniales (Dilleniales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Dilleniaceae
Genus	Notomys	Dillenia
Species	Notomys mordax	Dillenia indica

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Elephant Apple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Elephant Apple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Elephant Apple

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, and Taiwan.