Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Sourgrass

Notomys mordax compared with Digitaria insularis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Sourgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Notomys	Digitaria
Species	Notomys mordax	Digitaria insularis

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Sourgrass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sourgrass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Ghana), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).