Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs Cricket-Bat Willow

Notomys macrotis compared with Salix alba

Key Differences

• Big-eared Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Cricket-Bat Willow is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Cricket-Bat Willow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Salicaceae
Genus	Notomys	Salix
Species	Notomys macrotis	Salix alba

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Cricket-Bat Willow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Cricket-Bat Willow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cricket-Bat Willow

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Eswatini, Libya), Asia (Yemen), Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).

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.