Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs slender thistle

Notomys mordax compared with Carduus tenuiflorus

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while slender thistle is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	slender thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Notomys	Carduus
Species	Notomys mordax	Carduus tenuiflorus

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

slender thistle

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	slender thistle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

slender thistle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.