Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Thyme Plume

Notomys mordax compared with Merrifieldia leucodactyla

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Thyme Plume is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Thyme Plume
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)	Pterophoridae
Genus	Notomys	Merrifieldia
Species	Notomys mordax	Merrifieldia leucodactyla

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Thyme Plume

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Thyme Plume
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thyme Plume

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate coniferous forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 8 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Morocco), Asia (7 countries), and Europe (35 countries). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.