Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Red flour beetle

Notomys mordax compared with Tribolium castaneum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Red flour beetle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Tenebrionidae
Genus	Notomys	Tribolium
Species	Notomys mordax	Tribolium castaneum

Evolutionary Relationship

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse and Red flour beetle share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Red flour beetle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red flour beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (25 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), and South America (Colombia, Venezuela).