Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Hedgemustard

Notomys mordax compared with Sisymbrium officinale

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Hedgemustard is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Hedgemustard
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Brassicaceae
Genus	Notomys	Sisymbrium
Species	Notomys mordax	Sisymbrium officinale

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Hedgemustard

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Hedgemustard
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hedgemustard

Habitat

Inhabits temperate broadleaf and mixed forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Libya, South Africa), Asia (4 countries), Europe (20 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (5 countries).