Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Pencil flower

Notomys mordax compared with Stylosanthes guianensis

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Pencil flower is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Pencil flower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Notomys	Stylosanthes
Species	Notomys mordax	Stylosanthes guianensis

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Pencil flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Pencil flower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pencil flower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).