Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs High mallow

Notomys mordax compared with Malva sylvestris

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while High mallow is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	High mallow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Malvaceae
Genus	Notomys	Malva
Species	Notomys mordax	Malva sylvestris

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

High mallow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	High mallow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

High mallow

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Angola, Zimbabwe), Asia (6 countries), Europe (24 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (5 countries).