Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Fuzzy flatsedge

Notomys mordax compared with Cyperus pilosus

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Fuzzy flatsedge is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Fuzzy flatsedge
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)	Cyperaceae
Genus	Notomys	Cyperus
Species	Notomys mordax	Cyperus pilosus

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Fuzzy flatsedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Fuzzy flatsedge
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fuzzy flatsedge

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Fiji, Samoa, Singapore, Taiwan, and United States.