Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs

Notomys mordax compared with Exobasidium splendidum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Exobasidiomycetes (Exobasidiomycetes)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Exobasidiales (Exobasidiales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Exobasidiaceae
Genus	Notomys	Exobasidium
Species	Notomys mordax	Exobasidium splendidum

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, and Sweden.

Exobasidium splendidum is a parasitic basidiomycete fungus that forms galls and hypertrophied growths on the leaves and stems of host plants in the heath family. It inhabits boreal and montane habitats where Ericaceae shrubs such as Arctostaphylos grow. This parasitic fungus deforms host plant tissue to extract nutrients during its reproductive phase.