Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Sapele

Notomys mordax compared with Entandrophragma cylindricum

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Sapele is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Sapele
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Meliaceae
Genus	Notomys	Entandrophragma
Species	Notomys mordax	Entandrophragma cylindricum

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Sapele

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sapele

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.