Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs wormwood

Notomys mordax compared with Cucullia absinthii

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	wormwood
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	Cucullia
Species	Notomys mordax	Cucullia absinthii

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

wormwood

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

wormwood

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.