Dusky Hopping Mouse vs Septicweed

Notomys fuscus compared with Senna occidentalis

Key Differences

• Dusky Hopping Mouse is Vulnerable while Septicweed is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dusky Hopping Mouse	Septicweed
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	Senna
Species	Notomys fuscus	Senna occidentalis

Conservation Status

Dusky Hopping Mouse

VU — Vulnerable

Septicweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dusky Hopping Mouse	Septicweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dusky Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Septicweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (19 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana).