Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs Sawtooth Sunflower

Notomys macrotis compared with Helianthus grosseserratus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Sawtooth Sunflower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Notomys	Helianthus (Sunflowers)
Species	Notomys macrotis	Helianthus grosseserratus

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Sawtooth Sunflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sawtooth Sunflower

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Denmark, Lithuania, Sweden, 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.