Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs Linear Leaf Water Primrose

Notomys macrotis compared with Ludwigia hyssopifolia

Key Differences

• Big-eared Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Linear Leaf Water Primrose is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Linear Leaf Water Primrose
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Onagraceae
Genus	Notomys	Ludwigia
Species	Notomys macrotis	Ludwigia hyssopifolia

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Linear Leaf Water Primrose
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Guinea, Seychelles), Asia (4 countries), North America (Guatemala, Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.