Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs Orange cestrum

Notomys macrotis compared with Cestrum aurantiacum

Key Differences

• Big-eared Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Orange cestrum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Orange cestrum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Solanaceae
Genus	Notomys	Cestrum
Species	Notomys macrotis	Cestrum aurantiacum

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Orange cestrum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Orange cestrum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Orange cestrum

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Indonesia), North America (Guatemala, Honduras, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).

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.