Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs sweet tanglehead

Notomys macrotis compared with Heteropogon melanocarpus

Key Differences

• Big-eared Hopping Mouse is Extinct while sweet tanglehead is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	sweet tanglehead
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Notomys	Heteropogon
Species	Notomys macrotis	Heteropogon melanocarpus

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

sweet tanglehead

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

sweet tanglehead

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, and Guinea.

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.