Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs pink root mealybug

Notomys mordax compared with Heliococcus radicicola

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while pink root mealybug is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	pink root mealybug
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Pseudococcidae
Genus	Notomys	Heliococcus
Species	Notomys mordax	Heliococcus radicicola

Evolutionary Relationship

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse and pink root mealybug share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

pink root mealybug

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	pink root mealybug
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

pink root mealybug

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.