Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs Fern Palm

Notomys macrotis compared with Cycas revoluta

Key Differences

• Big-eared Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Fern Palm is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Fern Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Cycadopsida (Cycadopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Cycadales (Cycadales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Cycadaceae
Genus	Notomys	Cycas
Species	Notomys macrotis	Cycas revoluta

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Fern Palm

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Fern Palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fern Palm

Habitat

Native to Africa and Asia and Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Taiwan), Europe (Portugal), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), 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.