Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs Pinwheelflower

Notomys macrotis compared with Tabernaemontana divaricata

Key Differences

• Big-eared Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Pinwheelflower is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Pinwheelflower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Notomys	Tabernaemontana
Species	Notomys macrotis	Tabernaemontana divaricata

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Pinwheelflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pinwheelflower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Laos, Taiwan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador).

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.