Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Silkrubber

Notomys mordax compared with Funtumia elastica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Silkrubber
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)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Notomys	Funtumia
Species	Notomys mordax	Funtumia elastica

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Silkrubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silkrubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, and Seychelles.