Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Papyrus

Notomys mordax compared with Cyperus papyrus

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Papyrus is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Papyrus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Cyperaceae
Genus	Notomys	Cyperus
Species	Notomys mordax	Cyperus papyrus

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Papyrus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Papyrus

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Laos), Europe (Italy, Portugal), North America (Costa Rica, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).