Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Murray Plum

Notomys mordax compared with Prunus murrayana

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Murray Plum is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Murray Plum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Notomys	Prunus (Cherries & Plums)
Species	Notomys mordax	Prunus murrayana

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Murray Plum

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Murray Plum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Murray Plum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.