Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Lesser Featherwort

Notomys mordax compared with Plagiochila porelloides

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Lesser Featherwort is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Lesser Featherwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Plagiochilaceae
Genus	Notomys	Plagiochila
Species	Notomys mordax	Plagiochila porelloides

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Lesser Featherwort

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Lesser Featherwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lesser Featherwort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), and North America (United States). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.