Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs New Guinean Quoll

Notomys mordax compared with Dasyurus albopunctatus

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while New Guinean Quoll is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	New Guinean Quoll
Kingdom same	Animalia (动物界)	Animalia (动物界)
Phylum same	Chordata (脊索动物门)	Chordata (脊索动物门)
Class same	Mammalia (哺乳動物)	Mammalia (哺乳動物)
Order	Rodentia (啮齿目)	Dasyuromorphia (袋鼬目)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Dasyuridae
Genus	Notomys	Dasyurus
Species	Notomys mordax	Dasyurus albopunctatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse and New Guinean Quoll share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (哺乳動物)

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

New Guinean Quoll

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	New Guinean Quoll
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

New Guinean Quoll

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.