Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Notomys mordax compared with Thylamys elegans

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Rodentia (Roedores)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Didelphidae
Genus	Notomys	Thylamys
Species	Notomys mordax	Thylamys elegans

Evolutionary Relationship

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse and Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamíferos)

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.