Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Wild Lettuce

Notomys mordax compared with Lactuca indica

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Wild Lettuce is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Wild Lettuce
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Notomys	Lactuca
Species	Notomys mordax	Lactuca indica

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Wild Lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Wild Lettuce
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wild Lettuce

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Madagascar, South Africa), Asia (Laos, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil).