Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs Floating Fern

Notomys macrotis compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Salviniaceae
Genus	Notomys	Salvinia
Species	Notomys macrotis	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.