Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs Eve's needle cactus

Notomys macrotis compared with Austrocylindropuntia subulata

Key Differences

• Big-eared Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Eve's needle cactus is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Eve's needle cactus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Cactaceae
Genus	Notomys	Austrocylindropuntia
Species	Notomys macrotis	Austrocylindropuntia subulata

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Eve's needle cactus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Eve's needle cactus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Eve's needle cactus

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.