Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Orange cestrum

Notomys mordax compared with Cestrum aurantiacum

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Orange cestrum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Orange cestrum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Solanaceae
Genus	Notomys	Cestrum
Species	Notomys mordax	Cestrum aurantiacum

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Orange cestrum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Orange cestrum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Orange cestrum

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Indonesia), North America (Guatemala, Honduras, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).