Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Laurustinus

Notomys mordax compared with Viburnum tinus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Laurustinus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Dipsacales (Dipsacales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Viburnaceae
Genus	Notomys	Viburnum
Species	Notomys mordax	Viburnum tinus

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Laurustinus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Laurustinus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (8 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).