Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs lettered cone

Notomys mordax compared with Conus litteratus

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while lettered cone is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	lettered cone
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Neogastropoda (Neogastropoda)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Conidae
Genus	Notomys	Conus
Species	Notomys mordax	Conus litteratus

Evolutionary Relationship

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse and lettered cone share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

lettered cone

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	lettered cone
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

lettered cone

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Taiwan), and Europe (Norway).