Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Slender Stonewort

Notomys mordax compared with Nitella gracilis

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Slender Stonewort is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Slender Stonewort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Charophyta (Charophyta)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Charophyceae (Charophyceae)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Charales (Charales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Characeae
Genus	Notomys	Nitella
Species	Notomys mordax	Nitella gracilis

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Slender Stonewort

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Slender Stonewort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Slender Stonewort

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Denmark, Norway, Sweden), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.