Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs 'Ihi

Notomys mordax compared with Oxalis corniculata

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while 'Ihi is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	'Ihi
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Oxalidaceae
Genus	Notomys	Oxalis
Species	Notomys mordax	Oxalis corniculata

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

'Ihi

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	'Ihi
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

'Ihi

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (17 countries), Europe (30 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (7 countries).