Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs lizard crystalwort

Notomys mordax compared with Riccia bifurca

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while lizard crystalwort is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	lizard crystalwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Marchantiopsida (Marchantiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Marchantiales (Marchantiales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Ricciaceae
Genus	Notomys	Riccia
Species	Notomys mordax	Riccia bifurca

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

lizard crystalwort

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	lizard crystalwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

lizard crystalwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Oceanian realms.

Range

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