Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs Sieva bean

Notomys macrotis compared with Phaseolus lunatus

Key Differences

  • Big-eared Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Sieva bean is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Big-eared Hopping Mouse Sieva bean
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Rodentia (Rodents) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Muridae (Mice & Rats) Fabaceae
Genus Notomys Phaseolus
Species Notomys macrotis Phaseolus lunatus

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Sieva bean

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Big-eared Hopping Mouse Sieva bean
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sieva bean

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).

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.

Sieva bean

No description available.

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