Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs Marsh fleabane

Notomys macrotis compared with Pluchea carolinensis

Key Differences

• Big-eared Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Marsh fleabane is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Marsh fleabane
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Notomys	Pluchea
Species	Notomys macrotis	Pluchea carolinensis

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Marsh fleabane

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Marsh fleabane
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Marsh fleabane

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries).

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.