Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Sickle Medick

Notomys mordax compared with Medicago falcata

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Sickle Medick is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Sickle Medick
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Notomys	Medicago
Species	Notomys mordax	Medicago falcata

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Sickle Medick

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Sickle Medick
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sickle Medick

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco, South Africa), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (10 countries), and South America (Brazil).