Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Thicket Groundling

Notomys mordax compared with Gelechia scotinella

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Thicket Groundling is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Thicket Groundling
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Gelechiidae
Genus	Notomys	Gelechia
Species	Notomys mordax	Gelechia scotinella

Evolutionary Relationship

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse and Thicket Groundling share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Thicket Groundling

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Thicket Groundling
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thicket Groundling

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.