Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Spiny Threadwort

Notomys mordax compared with Cephaloziella spinigera

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Spiny Threadwort is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Spiny Threadwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Cephaloziellaceae
Genus	Notomys	Cephaloziella
Species	Notomys mordax	Cephaloziella spinigera

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Spiny Threadwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Spiny Threadwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Spiny Threadwort

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.