Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs Elephant Apple

Notomys macrotis compared with Dillenia indica

Key Differences

• Big-eared Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Elephant Apple is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Elephant Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Dilleniales (Dilleniales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Dilleniaceae
Genus	Notomys	Dillenia
Species	Notomys macrotis	Dillenia indica

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Elephant Apple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Elephant Apple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Elephant Apple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, and Taiwan.

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.