Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs pignut

Notomys mordax compared with Mesosphaerum suaveolens

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while pignut is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	pignut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Lamiaceae
Genus	Notomys	Mesosphaerum
Species	Notomys mordax	Mesosphaerum suaveolens

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

pignut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

pignut

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Guinea, and Timor-Leste.