Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Fan-leaf Spiderhead

Notomys mordax compared with Serruria pedunculata

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Fan-leaf Spiderhead is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Fan-leaf Spiderhead
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Proteales (Proteales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Proteaceae
Genus	Notomys	Serruria
Species	Notomys mordax	Serruria pedunculata

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Fan-leaf Spiderhead

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Fan-leaf Spiderhead
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fan-leaf Spiderhead

Habitat

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