Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs whitey

Notomys mordax compared with Mammillaria geminispina

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while whitey is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	whitey
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Cactaceae
Genus	Notomys	Mammillaria
Species	Notomys mordax	Mammillaria geminispina

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

whitey

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	whitey
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

whitey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.