Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs sweet hakea

Notomys macrotis compared with Hakea drupacea

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	sweet 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 drupacea

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

sweet hakea

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

sweet hakea

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across 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.