Darling Downs Hopping Mouse vs Rafflesia

Notomys mordax compared with Rafflesia arnoldii

Key Differences

• Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Rafflesia is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Rafflesia
Kingdom	Animalia (动物界)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索动物门)	Magnoliophyta (木兰植物门)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳動物)	Magnoliopsida (木兰纲)
Order	Rodentia (啮齿目)	Rosales (蔷薇目)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Notomys	Rosa (Roses)
Species	Notomys mordax	Rafflesia arnoldii

Conservation Status

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Rafflesia

EN — Endangered

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse	Rafflesia
Diet	—	Parasite
Average Lifespan	—	5 years
Average Length	—	1.0 m
Average Weight	—	11.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Rafflesia

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Indonesia and Malaysia. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Rafflesia

大花草（Rafflesia arnoldii）能开出直径最大1米的世界最大单朵花。它是一种没有根、茎和叶的寄生植物。