Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Prickly-flower Cyanea

Notomys mordax compared with Cyanea aculeatiflora

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Prickly-flower Cyanea is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Prickly-flower Cyanea
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Cnidaria (Cnidarians)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Scyphozoa (Scyphozoa)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Semaeostomeae (Semaeostomeae)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Cyaneidae
Genus	Notomys	Cyanea
Species	Notomys mordax	Cyanea aculeatiflora

Evolutionary Relationship

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse and Prickly-flower Cyanea share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Prickly-flower Cyanea

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Prickly-flower Cyanea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly-flower Cyanea