Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Narrow swordfern

Notomys mordax compared with Nephrolepis cordifolia

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Narrow swordfern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Narrow swordfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Notomys	Nephrolepis
Species	Notomys mordax	Nephrolepis cordifolia

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Narrow swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Narrow swordfern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Narrow swordfern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Italy, Portugal, Sweden), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).