Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Ferny Azolla

Notomys mordax compared with Azolla pinnata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Ferny Azolla
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Salviniaceae
Genus	Notomys	Azolla
Species	Notomys mordax	Azolla pinnata

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ferny Azolla

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Palearctic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Mexico, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Tuvalu).