Big-eared Hopping Mouse vs Timor Mountain Gum

Notomys macrotis compared with Eucalyptus urophylla

Key Differences

• Big-eared Hopping Mouse is Extinct while Timor Mountain Gum is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Timor Mountain Gum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Myrtaceae
Genus	Notomys	Eucalyptus
Species	Notomys macrotis	Eucalyptus urophylla

Conservation Status

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Timor Mountain Gum

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared Hopping Mouse	Timor Mountain Gum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Timor Mountain Gum

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Congo (Republic). 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.