Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs Gunpowder tree

Notomys macrotis compared with Melochia umbellata

Key Differences

• Big-eared Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Gunpowder tree is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Gunpowder tree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Malvaceae
Genus	Notomys	Melochia
Species	Notomys macrotis	Melochia umbellata

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Gunpowder tree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Gunpowder tree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gunpowder tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, 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.