Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs Monkey Apple

Notomys macrotis compared with Annona glabra

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Big-eared Hopping Mouse Monkey Apple
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Rodentia (Rodents) Magnoliales (Magnoliales)
Family Muridae (Mice & Rats) Annonaceae
Genus Notomys Annona
Species Notomys macrotis Annona glabra

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Monkey Apple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Monkey Apple

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea, Seychelles), Asia (6 countries), North America (Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.

Monkey Apple

No description available.

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