Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Slash pine

Notomys mordax compared with Pinus elliottii

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Slash pine is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Slash pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Pinaceae (Pine Family)
Genus	Notomys	Pinus (Pines)
Species	Notomys mordax	Pinus elliottii

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Slash pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Slash pine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Slash pine

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Bangladesh, Taiwan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (4 countries).