Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Garden cornflower

Notomys mordax compared with Centaurea cyanus

Key Differences

  • Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Garden cornflower is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Darling Downs Hopping Mouse Garden cornflower
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Rodentia (Rodents) Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family Muridae (Mice & Rats) Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus Notomys Centaurea
Species Notomys mordax Centaurea cyanus

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Garden cornflower

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Darling Downs Hopping Mouse Garden cornflower
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Garden cornflower

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 8 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Nepal, Taiwan), Europe (22 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Argentina, Chile, Colombia). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

No description available.

Garden cornflower

No description available.

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