Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs Horse Mint

Notomys macrotis compared with Mentha longifolia

Key Differences

• Big-eared Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Horse Mint is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Horse Mint
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	Mentha
Species	Notomys macrotis	Mentha longifolia

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Horse Mint

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Horse Mint
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Horse Mint

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Guinea and Norway.

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.