Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs Murray Plum

Notomys macrotis compared with Prunus murrayana

Key Differences

• Big-eared Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Murray Plum is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Murray Plum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Notomys	Prunus (Cherries & Plums)
Species	Notomys macrotis	Prunus murrayana

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Murray Plum

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Murray Plum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Murray Plum

Habitat

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

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.