Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Field Foxtail

Notomys mordax compared with Alopecurus pratensis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Field Foxtail
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	Alopecurus
Species	Notomys mordax	Alopecurus pratensis

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Field Foxtail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Field Foxtail

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Chile, Colombia).