Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs false pepperwort

Notomys macrotis compared with Marsilea crenata

Key Differences

• Big-eared Hopping Mouse is Extinct while false pepperwort is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	false pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Marsileaceae
Genus	Notomys	Marsilea
Species	Notomys macrotis	Marsilea crenata

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

false pepperwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	false pepperwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

false pepperwort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Indonesia.

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.