Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Indomalayan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Notomys mordax compared with Chiropodomys gliroides

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Indomalayan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Indomalayan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order same	Rodentia (Rodents)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family same	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Notomys	Chiropodomys
Species	Notomys mordax	Chiropodomys gliroides

Evolutionary Relationship

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse and Indomalayan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse share a common ancestor at the Family level: Muridae. (Mice & Rats)

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Indomalayan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Indomalayan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Indomalayan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.