Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Fourspike heliotrope

Notomys mordax compared with Euploca procumbens

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Fourspike heliotrope is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Fourspike heliotrope
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Heliotropiaceae
Genus	Notomys	Euploca
Species	Notomys mordax	Euploca procumbens

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Fourspike heliotrope

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Fourspike heliotrope
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fourspike heliotrope

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Cuba, Micronesia, Solomon Islands, and United States.