Dusky Hopping Mouse vs five-leaf crotalaria

Notomys fuscus compared with Crotalaria quinquefolia

Key Differences

• Dusky Hopping Mouse is Vulnerable while five-leaf crotalaria is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dusky Hopping Mouse	five-leaf crotalaria
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	Crotalaria
Species	Notomys fuscus	Crotalaria quinquefolia

Conservation Status

Dusky Hopping Mouse

VU — Vulnerable

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dusky Hopping Mouse	five-leaf crotalaria
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dusky Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

five-leaf crotalaria

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Singapore), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Guyana).