Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs Prickly Coontail

Notomys macrotis compared with Ceratophyllum echinatum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Prickly Coontail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ceratophyllales (Ceratophyllales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Ceratophyllaceae
Genus	Notomys	Ceratophyllum
Species	Notomys macrotis	Ceratophyllum echinatum

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Prickly Coontail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Coontail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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.