Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs Cuckoo-Bread

Notomys macrotis compared with Oxalis acetosella

Key Differences

• Big-eared Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Cuckoo-Bread is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Cuckoo-Bread
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Oxalidaceae
Genus	Notomys	Oxalis
Species	Notomys macrotis	Oxalis acetosella

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Cuckoo-Bread

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Cuckoo-Bread
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cuckoo-Bread

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (United States).

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.