Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Macadamia

Notomys mordax compared with Macadamia integrifolia

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Macadamia is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Macadamia
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Proteales (Proteales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Proteaceae
Genus	Notomys	Macadamia
Species	Notomys mordax	Macadamia integrifolia

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Macadamia

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Macadamia

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and montane grasslands and shrublands spanning the Neotropic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.