Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs Brown Carpet Beetle

Notomys macrotis compared with Attagenus smirnovi

Key Differences

• Big-eared Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Brown Carpet Beetle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Brown Carpet Beetle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Dermestidae
Genus	Notomys	Attagenus
Species	Notomys macrotis	Attagenus smirnovi

Evolutionary Relationship

Big-eared Hopping Mouse and Brown Carpet Beetle share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Brown Carpet Beetle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Brown Carpet Beetle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Brown Carpet Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (13 countries).

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

The Big-eared Hopping Mouse (Notomys macrotis) is a species in the genus Notomys. It is currently classified as Extinct on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Brown Carpet Beetle

The Brown Carpet Beetle (Attagenus smirnovi) is a species in the genus Attagenus. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats. Found across Europe (13 countries). It is found across Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France.