Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Thatching grass

Notomys mordax compared with Hyparrhenia hirta

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Thatching grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Thatching grass
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	Hyparrhenia
Species	Notomys mordax	Hyparrhenia hirta

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Thatching grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Thatching grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thatching grass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Czech Republic, Portugal, Spain), North America (Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).