Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Tropical Pine

Notomys mordax compared with Pinus tropicalis

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Tropical Pine is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Tropical Pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Pinaceae (Pine Family)
Genus	Notomys	Pinus (Pines)
Species	Notomys mordax	Pinus tropicalis

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Tropical Pine

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Tropical Pine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tropical Pine

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Cuba. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.