Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs Vegetable fern

Notomys macrotis compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Big-eared Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Athyriaceae
Genus	Notomys	Diplazium
Species	Notomys macrotis	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, 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.