Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Red Campion

Notomys mordax compared with Silene dioica

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Red Campion is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Red Campion
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Caryophyllaceae
Genus	Notomys	Silene
Species	Notomys mordax	Silene dioica

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Red Campion

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Red Campion
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red Campion

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).