Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Para grass

Notomys mordax compared with Urochloa mutica

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Para grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Para grass
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)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Notomys	Urochloa
Species	Notomys mordax	Urochloa mutica

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Para grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Para grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Para grass

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles, Somalia), Asia (Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand), Europe (Belgium, Portugal, Spain), North America (11 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).