Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Wrinkled medick

Notomys mordax compared with Medicago rugosa

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Wrinkled medick is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Wrinkled medick
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Notomys	Medicago
Species	Notomys mordax	Medicago rugosa

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Wrinkled medick

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Wrinkled medick
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wrinkled medick

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).