Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs false broom

Notomys mordax compared with Brachypodium sylvaticum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	false broom
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Notomys	Brachypodium
Species	Notomys mordax	Brachypodium sylvaticum

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

false broom

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

false broom

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Sri Lanka, Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Argentina, Brazil).