Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs Wild Lettuce

Notomys macrotis compared with Lactuca quercina

Key Differences

• Big-eared Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Wild Lettuce is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Wild Lettuce
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Notomys	Lactuca
Species	Notomys macrotis	Lactuca quercina

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Wild Lettuce

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Wild Lettuce
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wild Lettuce

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.