Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs Spanish Lemon Thyme

Notomys macrotis compared with Thymus baeticus

Key Differences

• Big-eared Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Spanish Lemon Thyme is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Spanish Lemon Thyme
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Lamiaceae
Genus	Notomys	Thymus
Species	Notomys macrotis	Thymus baeticus

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Spanish Lemon Thyme

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Spanish Lemon Thyme
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Spanish Lemon Thyme

Habitat

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

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.