Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs Garden Thyme

Notomys macrotis compared with Thymus vulgaris

Key Differences

• Big-eared Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Garden Thyme is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Garden Thyme
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Lamiaceae
Genus	Notomys	Thymus
Species	Notomys macrotis	Thymus vulgaris

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Garden Thyme

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Garden Thyme
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Garden Thyme

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Europe (18 countries), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

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.