Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Red Rice

Notomys mordax compared with Oryza punctata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Red Rice
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Notomys	Oryza (Rice)
Species	Notomys mordax	Oryza punctata

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Red Rice

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red Rice

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across India and Taiwan.