Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs grape ground-cherry

Notomys macrotis compared with Physalis viscosa

Key Differences

• Big-eared Hopping Mouse is Extinct while grape ground-cherry is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	grape ground-cherry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Solanaceae
Genus	Notomys	Physalis
Species	Notomys macrotis	Physalis viscosa

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

grape ground-cherry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	grape ground-cherry
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

grape ground-cherry

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Eswatini, South Africa), Europe (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Chile).

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.