Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs rock hakea

Notomys macrotis compared with Hakea gibbosa

Key Differences

• Big-eared Hopping Mouse is Extinct while rock hakea is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	rock hakea
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Proteales (Proteales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Proteaceae
Genus	Notomys	Hakea
Species	Notomys macrotis	Hakea gibbosa

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

rock hakea

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

rock hakea

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Eswatini, New Zealand, and South Africa.

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.