Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Red melastome

Notomys mordax compared with Melastoma sanguineum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Red melastome
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Melastomataceae
Genus	Notomys	Melastoma
Species	Notomys mordax	Melastoma sanguineum

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Red melastome

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red melastome

Habitat

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

Range

Found in United States.