Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs Green Amaranth

Notomys macrotis compared with Amaranthus powellii

Key Differences

• Big-eared Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Green Amaranth is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Green Amaranth
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)	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Notomys	Amaranthus
Species	Notomys macrotis	Amaranthus powellii

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Green Amaranth

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Green Amaranth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Green Amaranth

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco), Asia (Japan, North Korea), Europe (17 countries), North America (Canada, United States), 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.