Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Ursine Colobus

Notomys mordax compared with Colobus vellerosus

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Ursine Colobus is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Ursine Colobus
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Notomys	Colobus
Species	Notomys mordax	Colobus vellerosus

Evolutionary Relationship

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse and Ursine Colobus share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Ursine Colobus

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Ursine Colobus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ursine Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.