Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs turnip moth

Notomys mordax compared with Agrotis segetum

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while turnip moth is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	turnip moth
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)	Noctuidae
Genus	Notomys	Agrotis
Species	Notomys mordax	Agrotis segetum

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

turnip moth

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	turnip moth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

turnip moth

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Taiwan, Yemen), and Europe (5 countries).