Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Prickly moses

Notomys mordax compared with Acacia verticillata

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Prickly moses is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Prickly moses
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	Acacia
Species	Notomys mordax	Acacia verticillata

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Prickly moses

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Prickly moses
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly moses

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), Europe (Portugal, Spain), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Colombia).