Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Sowerby's keeled slug

Notomys mordax compared with Tandonia sowerbyi

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Sowerby's keeled slug is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Sowerby's keeled slug
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Milacidae
Genus	Notomys	Tandonia
Species	Notomys mordax	Tandonia sowerbyi

Evolutionary Relationship

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse and Sowerby's keeled slug share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Sowerby's keeled slug

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Sowerby's keeled slug
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sowerby's keeled slug

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Found across Europe (10 countries) and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).