Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Greater dodder

Notomys mordax compared with Cuscuta europaea

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Greater dodder is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Greater dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Notomys	Cuscuta
Species	Notomys mordax	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Greater dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Greater dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, Turkey), Europe (5 countries), and North America (United States).