Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Fiddlewood

Notomys mordax compared with Vitex gaumeri

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Fiddlewood
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Lamiaceae
Genus	Notomys	Vitex
Species	Notomys mordax	Vitex gaumeri

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Fiddlewood

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fiddlewood

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Colombia.