Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs Pencil flower

Notomys macrotis compared with Stylosanthes guianensis

Key Differences

• Big-eared Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Pencil flower is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Pencil flower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Notomys	Stylosanthes
Species	Notomys macrotis	Stylosanthes guianensis

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Pencil flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Pencil flower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pencil flower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 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.