Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs Floating Sundew

Notomys macrotis compared with Drosera intermedia

Key Differences

• Big-eared Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Floating Sundew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Floating Sundew
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)	Droseraceae
Genus	Notomys	Drosera
Species	Notomys macrotis	Drosera intermedia

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Floating Sundew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Floating Sundew

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada, Cuba, United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.