Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs long yam

Notomys mordax compared with Dioscorea transversa

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while long yam is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	long yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Notomys	Dioscorea
Species	Notomys mordax	Dioscorea transversa

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

long yam

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	long yam
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

long yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.