Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs redhead

Notomys mordax compared with Hamelia patens

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while redhead is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	redhead
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Rubiaceae
Genus	Notomys	Hamelia
Species	Notomys mordax	Hamelia patens

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

redhead

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	redhead
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

redhead

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Burundi, Congo (DRC), Seychelles), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, Palau), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).