Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs Prickly Heath

Notomys macrotis compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Prickly Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Ericaceae
Genus	Notomys	Gaultheria
Species	Notomys macrotis	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.

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.